THE BENEFIT PACKAGE (The Psalm 103 Factor)

 Greetings and Salutations O Ye Workers for the Lord. 

In this crazy, out of control, swirling economy...where what once was a place of reasonable stability and certainty...is now a future (or lack thereof) of uncertainty...and the only thing that is stable...is the horse barn... full of manure.  What can we do as believers in the one who is known as JEHOVAH JIREH...THE ONE WHO PROVIDES...who is in charge of our BENEFITS PACKAGE?  Before we RECEIVE...we must be PREPARED to RECEIVE.

1.  One thing that we can do is to HAVE something...and make sure that what you HAVE is based on Someone who is trustworthy.

"Have FAITH in GOD...CONTINUALLY." (Mark 11:22 The Amplified Bible)

2.  The next thing you can do...is to "DELIGHT yourself...IN THE LORD..." (Psalm 37:4)  As with having faith...the object of your "having faith" and "delight." is NOT in situations, circumstances, political parties, economics, peace in the middle east or anywhere else in the world.  It is in GOD...in THE LORD.  The CAUSE & EFFECT of this HAVING and DELIGHTING...is that God will GIVE your the DESIRES of your heart.  "DELIGHT  yourself IN THE LORD...and He will GIVE you the DESIRES of your HEART." (Psalm 37:4)

DELIGHT: ‛ânag (aw-nag')=A primitive root; to be soft or pliable, that is, (figuratively) effeminate or luxurious: - delicate (-ness), (have) delight (self), sport self.
 
To become soft or pliable...to me means...yielding to the Lord...like a piece of clay in the potters hand.  As I do that...He gives to me...plants in me desires...and then is the one who brings those desires to pass.  The next key to this BENEFITS PACKAGE

3.  The next thing to do...is to BLESS THE LORD.  Blessing the Lord must come BEFORE we experience the BLESSINGS.  Now there is NOTHING (no thing, zilch, nada, zip, zero) that we can do to EARN the BLESSINGS.  But the things that we have mentioned...places us in the RECEIVING MODE.  They are already supplied, poured out and given...based on the D.B.R...Death, Burial, Resurrection.
BLESS: bârak (baw-rak')=A primitive root; to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason): - X abundantly, X altogether, X at all, blaspheme, bless, congratulate, curse, X greatly, X indeed, kneel (down), praise, salute, X still, thank.


It is easy to FORGET the BENEFITS that we have at our disposal...especially when the WORLDLY BENEFITS are being taken away on a regular basis.  We tend to go into the default mode of grumbling and complaining because we are walking by SIGHT and not by FAITH instead of walking by FAITH and NOT by SIGHT (II Corinthians 5:17; Hebrews 11:1; Hebrews 11:6; Romans 1:17; Habakkuk 2:4; Galatians 3:11; Hebrews 10:38)  We begin to talk as unbelievers instead of believers.  We begin to CALL things that ARE...as if they will NEVER CHANGE...instead of CALLING things that ARE NOT...as THOUGH THEY WERE." (Romans 4:17-21)
"Bless the Lord...Oh my soul (mind, will, emotions)...and all that is within me...bless His Holy Name.  Bless the Lord my soul (mind, will, and emotions...and forget NONE (no not one) of His BENEFITS." (Psalm 103:1-2)

 

BENEFITS:ghem-ool'=From H1580; treatment, that is, an act (of good or ill); by implication service or requital: - + as hast served, benefit, desert, deserving, that which he hath given, recompense, reward   H1580: gâmal (gaw-mal')=A primitive root; to treat a person (well or ill), that is, benefit or requite; by implication (of toil) to ripen, that is, (specifically) to wean: - bestow on, deal bountifully, do (good), recompense, requite, reward, ripen, + serve, wean, yield.

 

This BENEFIT PACKAGE is hinged on His NAME...and His NAME...represents the BACKER OF THE PACKAGE.  As other packages are crumbling...being taken away...because what has backed them in the first place is crumbling...this package is getting stronger and stronger...because in God's economy...there is NO SHORTAGE.  Philippians 4 is a powerhouse of how NOT to be ANXIOUS in uncertain times.  Read the whole chapter for the full focus...with the SECRET of HOW TO BE CONTENT... and how NOT TO SPEAK FROM WANT.  Two of the verses are powerful declarations of faith and promise (they actually all are).

"I have STRENGTH for all thins IN CHRIST Who EMPOWERS me...I am ready for ANYTHING and equal to ANYTHING...THROUGH HIM... Who INFUSES INNER STRENGTH into me...[that is, I am self-sufficient in CHRIST'S SUFFICIENCY." (Philippians 4:13 The Amplified Bible)

"And MY GOD...will LIBERALLY SUPPLY (fill to the FULL) your EVERY NEED according to HIS RICHES IN GLORY IN CHRIST JESUS." (Philippians 4:19)

NOTE:  Before you get to these two verses...be sure to read verses 1-12.  What you think and what you speak will be the hinge on which they turn.

THE BENEFIT PACKAGE (Psalm 103:3-5)

#1  Pardons all your iniquities
#2  Heals all your diseases
#3  Redeems your life from the pit
#4  Who crowns you with loving-kindness
      and compassion
#5  Who satisfies your years with good
       things
# 6  Your youth is renewed like the eagle
While all other plans are failing...and your company is cutting back...trimming the fat...laying off and decreasing benefits...our God's PLANS...are for you to PROSPER you ...NOT HARM you...to give you a HOPE and a FUTURE. (Jeremiah 29:11)
Bless the Lord...Oh my soul and all that is within me...Bless His Holy Name...Bless the Lord and forget NONE of His benefits.
FINAL THOUGHTS...FINALLY

In this world that we dwell in temporarily (this world is not my home...I'm only visiting this planet)...this land called NITTY GRITTY...where we walk by FAITH and not by SIGHT...the Prophet Habakkuk's words (Habakkusk 3:17-19)...to me...seem more relevant than ever in 2013:

"Though the fig tree should not blossom...and there be no fruit n the vines...though the yield of the olive should fail...and the fields produce no food...though the flock should be cut off from the fold... and there be no cattle in the stalls...YET...I WILL (by my choice in spite of what I see):

DEMONSTRATIVE 

1.  Exult in the Lord (jump up and spin around)
2.  Rejoice in the God of my salvation (Praise Him with gusto)
DECLARATION

1.  The Lord is my strength
2.  He has made my feet like hinds feet
3.  He makes me walk on my high places

BLESS the Lord Oh My soul...and forget NO NOT ONE OF HIS BENEFITS
Love and Blessed Kisses
Rodney"Supplied" Boyd
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