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Power Point:
As I
was unfolding God’s promises for me today, I was thanking Jesus that my day was
loaded with benefits because of Him. Because He lives in me, wherever I go and
whatever I do, there are going to be benefits already prepared for me. I have
PREPAID Benefits.
I
remember going through a drive through with Julie last year and when we got to
the window to pay for our food, the person in front of us had already paid for
it. We were so blessed and then laughed and said we wished we had ordered MORE!
When I go out to eat with someone and the check comes and they decide to treat
me to my meal, I will often say, “Well, I wish I had had dessert!”
It’s all very
lighthearted and fun but this morning as I was praying I was thanking Jesus
for my personal heavenly benefit package. The word for “benefits”, means, “acts
of grace.” My day is already prepared with acts of grace to bring benefit my life. So is yours!
Did you know that
even before you threw your legs over the side of the bed this morning, you had
a blessed day waiting for you. “Oh
no!”, you say. I’ve got this thing
pressing, and that doctor’s appointment. I have an appointment with the IRS.
That may be true, but Beloved, even there, even in every situation you face
today, Jesus has prepared a “benefit package” for you. Would you like to hear
some of them? Of course you would.
-He
has already provided an abundance of His grace and mercy. Why is that important? Because you have
a clean slate and a fresh wind at your back today. Grace means favor.
That means that if you are growing in grace, you are favored. You get an
automatic upgrade to first class living!
-Do you
need healing? Isaiah 53 says that
Jesus prepaid for that.
-Are
you lonely? Do you need a
friend? Jesus says He calls you
“friend”. What a benefit!
-Are
you financially strapped? God says
He will provide whatever you need and
whatever you desire. In fact in Psalms 65, He promises that
He has crowned your year with
goodness and His paths drip with abundance. Abundance of what? Peace. Grace. Mercy. Provision.
Kindness. Love. Seed to
sow. Good thoughts to think. Power
to overcome. Enough good to overcome every evil in your life. And then some.
Beloved, the Word
says that He will not hold back from us ANY good thing. In other words, He will
continually give us good things. It’s always been His heart to do just that. You are LOADED with the benefits of
being His child today. You are a NEW creation who walks on earth and lives out His life bringing heaven to earth. You start this day blessed and you can end
it blessed. Wouldn’t it have been
silly if Julie and I had driven up to that window and refused the food that
someone had paid for in advance? As believers we sometimes do that with
all Jesus has prepaid for us, don’t we? Sometimes we need to read the fine
print.
Think about your own
life. As you read the New Testament, it’s packed full of pre-paid benefits isn't it? Are
you eagerly trying to find out what they are or are you living under the
misapprehension that the only thing that Jesus died to give you is a prepaid
ticket to heaven? Beloved, that’s
in the future. You have an
abundance of benefits available right here and right now. Jesus died to make an abundance of life
available to you, right now. Are
you taking what He has offered you? Are you speaking His promises in to your
day even before it starts? Are you enjoying the benefits of your
salvation? It’s quite a package
deal!
It might be wise to start
looking a little harder at the covenant you have with Him don’t you think? His
promises are your benefit package.
Check
them out! And then be sure to take advantage of them.
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