The Benefits of the Lord
Dr. Darrow Perkins
Psalm 103:1-8
When one thinks of benefits, one of the first things that come to mind is what will be received. The ability to receive these benefits is based on two parties entering into an agreement or relationship with one another. By virtue of that relationship, you are able to receive what the other is able to provide.
By definition, a benefit is an advantage, it's a help or aid. In the natural sense, a benefit on the job would be health and dental insurance paid for by the company to its members; or a retirement plan that you contribute to and the job matches your contribution. To fully appreciate a benefit, you've got to know what it's like to not have and then to have it made available to you for your betterment. This tells us that there is a better way or a better outcome, or more importantly, someone who can provide us with those benefits.
As it pertains to God and His benefits, He has made it clear to us what we are able to receive having entered into a personal and individual relationship with His Son, Jesus the Christ. I've said before that God and His benefit are conditional and once we meet those conditions, God begins to show us how His wonderful benefits are.
We find ourselves in the Book of Psalms. Broken down into five sections corresponding to the first five books of the Bible, this book provides us with many Scriptures to help us in the time of trouble, trial, and disappointment. Life will present us with those things, but God has something better for us and we have to hold on to God and His unchanging hand. This Psalm is written by the hand of King David as he shares his understanding of all that God has done for him, for his people, and calls upon all creatures of the universe to join him in blessing the Lord. C. H. Spurgeon, notable pastor/preacher during the 19th Century, describes Psalm 103 this way, ''It is the apple tree among the trees of the wood, and it's golden fruit has a f ...
Dr. Darrow Perkins
Psalm 103:1-8
When one thinks of benefits, one of the first things that come to mind is what will be received. The ability to receive these benefits is based on two parties entering into an agreement or relationship with one another. By virtue of that relationship, you are able to receive what the other is able to provide.
By definition, a benefit is an advantage, it's a help or aid. In the natural sense, a benefit on the job would be health and dental insurance paid for by the company to its members; or a retirement plan that you contribute to and the job matches your contribution. To fully appreciate a benefit, you've got to know what it's like to not have and then to have it made available to you for your betterment. This tells us that there is a better way or a better outcome, or more importantly, someone who can provide us with those benefits.
As it pertains to God and His benefits, He has made it clear to us what we are able to receive having entered into a personal and individual relationship with His Son, Jesus the Christ. I've said before that God and His benefit are conditional and once we meet those conditions, God begins to show us how His wonderful benefits are.
We find ourselves in the Book of Psalms. Broken down into five sections corresponding to the first five books of the Bible, this book provides us with many Scriptures to help us in the time of trouble, trial, and disappointment. Life will present us with those things, but God has something better for us and we have to hold on to God and His unchanging hand. This Psalm is written by the hand of King David as he shares his understanding of all that God has done for him, for his people, and calls upon all creatures of the universe to join him in blessing the Lord. C. H. Spurgeon, notable pastor/preacher during the 19th Century, describes Psalm 103 this way, ''It is the apple tree among the trees of the wood, and it's golden fruit has a f ...
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