Psalm 103:2 states not to forget God’s benefits then lists them. In the original manuscript, “benefits” uses the word “reward” like a present or a gift.
Here are a few of the rewards we are given from our God. I tossed in a couple of other scriptures in this list:
- He forgives all our faults and mistakes;
- He heals ALL (get that? ALL) our diseases and sicknesses;
- He purchased our life from destruction;
- He surrounds us with kindness and favor, and cherishes us;
- He helps us be content with good things (prosperity, wealth, welfare);
- He helps us stay young (youthful);
- He performs righteous deeds and judgments for all who are disheartened, discouraged;
- He will make His ways known to us (no secrets or mysteries);
- He loves us unconditionally and bends down in kindness to us; bestowing favor on us;
- He is slow to anger and overflows in mercy;
- He has not dealt with us according to our mistakes and faults (i.e., we don’t get what we deserve);
- He has taken ALL our mistakes and as far as the east is from the west, removed them from us;
- His mercy is from everlasting to everlasting;
- He even gives us angels who heed His Word and do His pleasure for us.
- He will trample our sins under His feet and throw them into the depths of the ocean!
- He blots out our transgressions for His own sake, and will not remember our sins
- He will remember our sins no more
Psalms 68:19 in King James, “Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah*.
Being the God of our salvation is even more important. This is a word that is often misunderstood.
Salvation doesn’t just mean going to heaven. In the original transcript the word means: freedom, deliverance, prosperity, to be safe; to free or succor: – avenging, defend, deliver and deliverer, to help, to preserve, to rescue, save, savior, get victory.
When you got saved, ALL the above became yours. Really good benefits.
I challenge you to dig into the Bible and start writing down God’s benefits that you find. They will help you to understand just how much He loves us!
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*Selah basically means “Pause and think about that”