The Soul

"Bless the LORD, O my soul; and all that is within me, bless His holy name."  

                                 Psalm 103:1   NKJV 

Psychiatrists and Psychotherapists talk about a persons's Psyche. Just what are they saying? It is a part of psychology that looks at the human soul, mind or spirit. This can help them determine why a person acts in a particular way -  both in a conscious or unconscious way. Trauma can damage a person's psyche, which may include their emotions.

God had this already in process, without having to study for a degree, and an example is the Psalm above which refers to the soul. King David wrote, 'Bless the LORD, O my

soul.' Now the soul is made up of our mind, will and emotions. The Universal Dictionary puts it this way:

'The animating and vital principle in humankind credited with the faculties of thought, action and emotion.'

Therefore, we can determine where we are coming from at any given time. Take for instance, our:

MIND  Our thoughts can let us down many times and often it can be out of control. If we are not careful, the mind can distract us with thoughts that are not wholesome, or thoughts that are irrelevant to what we are concentrating on. In other words, we can drift off into our own little world totally oblivious to what is going on around us. We can also hold bad thoughts about someone, whether it be a grudge or jealousy, envy or even lust. The mind has to be controlled.

WILL  This brings us to the will. We have choices and the choices we make, we have to live by. Some choices are bad ones, probably not thought out properly. Our will can put into action what we have been thinking about. So if, our thoughts have been unwholesome, we need to be very careful that they don't come to fruition. We can't blame others for the choices we make; Adam and Eve did that and it cost them everything they had. The choices we make, we have to own, so be careful in this area.

EMOTIONS  We easily get hurt at times and some people are more fragile than others. When someone hurts us, we can so easily go down the road of revenge but all that does, is make matters worse. God has clearly told us not to do this; He will take care of it if we allow Him to Romans 12:17-21.

What David was suggesting in Psalm 103, was to place our soul - mind, will and emotion, before God and allow Him to bless them, to help us direct them and live our lives the way he intended for us. So, if you fall into any of these categories (which I am sure you do), then surrender your soul to God each morning. When you fall - because you will - consider what happened, rectify it and be careful you don't make that mistake again.

Doing this, you are well on the way to being more in control of your Psyche (Soul)

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