King David’s sin is exposed, which leads him to confession, repentance, then joy, because he is assured that God is merciful. He experiences what Jonathan Edwards called “brokenhearted joy” - acknowledging he is sinful, rejoicing that God is a forgiving God.

Continuing our exposition of Psalm 103, we discover attributes of God-He is living, He is holy, and He is sovereign. All of these attributes call for the worship from all creation-The reason why we worship is because of who we worship-We worship God because He is God.

“He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniquities” - This a beautiful, cornerstone verse of Christianity – It paints a portrait of God’s mercy – He doesn’t give us the punishment that we deserve for our sins, He doesn’t give us the payment we deserve for our iniquities. Ephesians 2:4 says that God is rich in mercy. God shows how merciful He is by saving anyone at all from their sins, because none of us deserve to be saved. John MacArthur wrote, "Is God unfair in not choosing to save everyone? 'Fair' would send everyone to hell. You don't want fair, you want mercy." The cross of Jesus Christ is all about God’s mercy. It answers one of the ultimate questions of faith – How can a holy God be reconciled to unholy people – to sinners like you and me? At the cross, we see a God of justice – punishing sin – and we see a God of mercy – pouring out the punishment for eons of sin not on the sinners themselves – but on His Son. When we look at the cross we see Jesus bearing the sentence, bearing the weight of the punishment that sinners like you and I deserve.

The more we understand God’s intrinsic glory (The more we understand who God is and what He’s done for us), the more we will ascribe glory to God, the more we will worship, the more we will bless the Lord. Can I tell you, I believe with all my heart that the biggest problem in our world today is not that we have the wrong president or that we took prayer out of schools or illegal immigration or substance abuse – The biggest problem we have is that we don’t understand who God is, so we don’t understand what kind of people we are supposed to be.

David preaches the Gospel to himself, reminding himself that God is good, even in the midst of troubles in life.