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CBN Daily Devotional
ARTICLE TITLE: A Heavenly Benefits
Package
DATE: N.A
AUTHOR: Laura J. Bagby
AUTHOR
INFORMATION: A
Tennessee native, Laura first came to sunny Virginia Beach to attend graduate
school at Regent University after a brief and exciting summer working in
Yosemite National Park in California (whoo-hoo!).
After graduating from Regent with a master's
degree in communication (emphasis on film studies) and a master's degree in
journalism (emphasis on photojournalism), Laura came to work for CBN as an
Internet Producer. That is when she discovered she had a God-given talent for writing.
Laura hopes to see the Body of Christ healed,
whole, and actively pursuing a godly life full of wisdom, joy, and freedom in
the Lord. As part of this mission, Laura hopes that her writings encourage and
exhort others to continue in their Christian walk with renewed passion and
victory, no matter what walk of life others find themselves in. She writes
inspirational, humor, singles, and health articles.
Laura is currently the producer for the
Health and Finance sections of CBN.com.
In her free time, Laura loves to laugh, sing,
travel abroad, ballroom dance, act in plays, paint ceramics, bake, visit pet
stores, take long walks in the great outdoors, snap photos, and talk about the
latest nutrition information.
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 Psalm
103:2-5.
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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