The word benefits prompted my heart to think about all the "benefits" of God. Well, maybe not all because the well of God is deep!
So, as I began to pray, I whispered aloud
the benefits given to me by the King.
My prayer list became an opportunity for declaration and
Thanksgiving.
· * Because my soul belongs to God, I am no longer
dead but alive.
· * God is my healer, so whatever my body is going
through, Christ can restore. He is my resource!
· * As a child of God, I am a co-heir with Jesus. I lack
nothing. He's in charge of my welfare.
Every request was interwoven with Thanksgiving as I was
reminded “not to forget all his benefits.”
Yes, don’t forget, He is our help, our comfort, and our support!
Like a little sparrow eating seed out of our hand, God’s hand
is extended to us with every imaginable supply for this life. In this fallen
world, he is the light amidst darkness.
DON’T FORGET HIS BENEFITS!
So, what request do you have that you can turn into
Thanksgiving, as you call on Jesus?
* Broken, God restores.
* In need, God supplies.
* Future unsure? He
orders our steps.
* Your walk seems shallow. Oh, he wants to go deep and reveal
himself in unfathomable ways!
* Crooked roads become walkable.
* The impossible becomes possible.
When the weight of this world and the heartache of life
visit, HE remains.
DON’T FORGET HIS BENEFITS!
The world is broken, and we may say the same for our
lives.
Yet, we cannot forget all his benefits!
“Weeping may endure for a night, but a shout of joy comes in
the morning” (Psalm 30:5b AMP)
But what if I don't recognize joy?
HELP ME NOT TO FORGET YOUR BENEFITS, LORD!
“In the same way, the Spirit [comes to us and] helps us in
our weakness. We do not know what prayer to offer or how to offer it as we
should, but the Spirit Himself [knows our need and at the right time]
intercedes on our behalf with sighs and groanings too deep for words. And He
who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because the
Spirit intercedes [before God] on behalf of God’s people in accordance with
God’s will.” (Romans 8:26-27 AMP)
So, we throw ourselves at the feet of Jesus. We may not see the answer, but we hold on to the truth that his BENEFITS supersede what we cannot understand. His refuge is a place of solace; a comfort for the fragmented and shattered.
Praise the Lord, my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name.
Praise the Lord, 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. The Lord works righteousness and justice for all the oppressed. He made known his ways to Moses, his deeds to the people of Israel: The Lord is compassionate and
gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love. He will not always accuse, nor will he harbor his anger forever; he does not treat us as our
sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities. For as high as the heavens are
above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him; as far as the east is from the
west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us. As a father has compassion on
his children, so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him; for he knows how we are formed, he remembers that we are dust. The life of mortals is like
grass, they flourish like a flower of the field; the wind blows over it and it
is gone, and its place remembers it no more. But from everlasting to
everlasting the Lord’s love is with those who fear him, and his righteousness with their children’s children—with those who keep his
covenant and remember to obey his precepts. The Lord has established his
throne in heaven, and his kingdom rules over all. Praise the Lord, you his
angels, you mighty ones who do his bidding, who obey his word. Praise the Lord, all his
heavenly hosts, you his servants who do his will. Praise the Lord, all his works everywhere in his dominion. Praise the Lord, my soul. (Psalm 103)
God bless you!~Liz
