A Heavenly Benefits Package
If you have ever been a recipient of an awesome employee benefits package, then you know about the peace of mind and financial relief such an offering can provide.
You don't have to worry as much when the kids get sick. You can actually visit the dentist twice a year for those regular cleanings. You get the joy of seeing your money matched as you add to your retirement plan. Free business lunches come your way. Reimbursement for car mileage is company policy.
Doesn't it feel good?
Now, what if I told you that God has a benefits package for each of us that far exceeds what any company or institution could offer? I like to think of it as a heavenly benefits package. And what's great about this deal is that as long as you are on God's payroll working in the occupation of King's Kid, then all of these benefits are yours.
Where can you find out about this tremendous special offer? David spells it out for us in .
The passage starts, "Praise the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits."
Hold it right there.
Did you catch that it is beneficial to be a believer in Jesus Christ? Did you see that God is in the business of blessing us? Get ready for the Lord to pour forth His greatness into your life.
Read the rest of the passage, starting once again with verse 2:
"Praise the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits—who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion, who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's."
OK, so if you were to get this list written down in bullet points, it would look like this:
- God forgives all of your sins.
- God heals all of your disease.
- God redeems your life from the pit.
- God crowns you with love and compassion.
- God satisfies your desires with good things.
- God restores your youth.
This plan offers an astounding health insurance policy (what HMO could offer to heal your diseases, let alone all of them and for free?), an excellent life insurance policy (redemption from the pit of not only hell, but all other pits you might find yourself in when you sin), a fitness program that beats working out at the gym (He renews your youth), a department-provided uniform (wearing love and compassion), life-changing counseling sessions (just think of how much better your mental state is when you know He forgives all of your sins), and an ongoing "satisfaction guaranteed or your money back" seal of approval that never expires (He satisfies your desires).
A six-fold blessing—I like the sound of that.
I don't know about you, but a deal like that makes me want to shout praises to the Lord. Why not do it today?
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