Psa 103:2 Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits.

                            
David begins this Psalm by extolling the LORD with his whole heart and proclaiming the amazing benefits he received from Him. He begins this psalm with: “Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name” (v.1).

Did you notice this little word “all”? “All” means everything that is within him—not just some of him, not just half his heart, not just half his energy, not just half his mind, but all that is within him are to bless His holy name. The same is commanded of us too: “And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength” (Mark 12:30).    
    
David continues: “Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits” (v.2).
                                                                                                                                        
Bless the LORD, O my soul – God is worthy of our appreciation, thanks, and our highest praises and to “bless the LORD” means to say good things about Him, or to utter an appreciation in a spirit of admiration and gratitude and wonder. We bless God by giving thanks and praising His name.

David called upon his soul to bless Yahweh. David understood that true worship is something deeply inward, of the soul. Worship is not just about outward forms or expressions. Still, many go through the motion of worship without the heart. Our Lord condemns such kind of worship and calls it vain (worthless) worship: “This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me” (Matthew 15:8). Our worship must involve the soul. Christ said true worship is in spirit (John 4:24).   

And forget not all his benefits - Every good thing is a blessing, a benefit from God. Benefits in life did not come to us by means of chance or by mere personal effort; they have their source in God. We owe God for everything we obtained. First, we owe our existence to God because everything is God’s by creation: “The earth is the LORD'S, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein” (Psalm 24:1). Note the second part of the verse, and all that dwell therein, it means ALL the inhabitants of the earth, embracing men and animals of all kinds.

Second, we owe our talents, abilities, wisdom, and intelligence, our capacity to create and obtain things, and even our health, to God because it is God who gives us these benefits. Sadly, many failed to comprehend this very important truth. Hence, instead of giving God the credit of every success and achievement in their lives, they credit it to themselves.

Solomon says it well: “A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease” (Ecclesiastes 6:2).

A man may possess much earthly goods, and yet enjoy nothing of them; sad isn’t it? Solomon says it is God who gives men the power to enjoy or unable to enjoy. Yet, we take our health for granted. We complain when we don’t have it. Did we give thanks when we are full?

In order to properly bless God, it is necessary we should have a grateful remembrance of His blessings. We should thank God for the health and the power to make a living.

Indeed, God’s benefits are graciously given, freely given, and in abundance. God challenged an ungrateful nation to count His blessings on them: “Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it” (Malachi 3:10).

“Not enough rooms”, that’s how much God has blessed us. Let us thank God for all His benefits towards us.