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| Are you singing? |
There are two extremes in the Christian Faith when it comes to the benefits of being a believer. The first is that God will supply you with everything you want if you are living right. The second is that all of the benefits of being a Christian come after you are in heaven. There are scriptures for both and life experiences to demonstrate both. The great Wisdom literature in the Bible, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes give evidence for both points of view.
However, whatever way you lean it can’t be denied that God wants to bless His people and there are benefits to being a Christian. This takes us to the Scripture I am looking at today in Psalms 103:2 “forget not all His benefits.”
I believe the greatest challenges in the Christian faith come not from the trials we face but from our own forgetfulness. When we forget, we fail. When we remember, we succeed. This may seem an oversimplification (and it may be a little) but the truth is still there. In the Old Testament, it reminds us again and again that a generation rose up that “didn’t know...” and they went into sin.
So, what we need to do is to remind ourselves of God’s grace and benefits. This is done with mental review and I believe with the tool of music. “Praise the Lord Oh my soul and all that is within me praise his holy name...”
So, are you singing?
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