Psalm 103:4 Who redeems your life from destruction; Who crowns you with loving kindness and tender mercies.

 

The Benefit Package for the born-again believer is endless. We could spend a year on this single verse and not cover it all. There are no limits to the Benefits given us by God. We have the ability to be totally free from any and all forms of destruction, but most Christians either don’t know of the Benefits or, for whatever reason, don’t receive them in their daily life. 

 

The Loving Kindness and Tender Mercy of God are also endless. He never runs out of Love, Kindness, or Mercy. He loves us so much! God wants us to live the Abundant Life, free from any and all attacks of the enemy, but we have to want that for ourselves. 

 

Psalm 37:4 Delight yourself also in the Lord, And He shall give you the desires of your heart. God has the ability to give us OUR desires or give us NEW desires. When we submit our lives totally to Him and delight ourselves in His Presence, we will see our desires change. God will give us new desires of our hearts. He shall give you the desires of your heart.

 

We will no longer want to do the things we used to do. Our goals will be completely different. Our relationships will change. We will no longer have the desire to go to the same places, do the same things, or hang out with the same people. 

 

The problem is, so many Christians don’t want God to change their desires. They want to go on living in sin and have God bless them at the same time. It doesn’t work that way. God operates through His Covenant Promises with us, and every Promise has conditions. This is the way God has ALWAYS operated, and He is not going to change for you, me, or anyone else. 

 

We must FIRST want Him to rule and reign in our lives. This means SUBMIT to Him. SEEK Him first above everything and everyone else. This is the First Commandment that was etched in stone by Moses 1,500 years before Christ was born. 

 

God does not change. He is the same, yesterday, today, and forever. He wants us to change. Once we take that step toward full submission to Him, He will take us by the hand and lead our every step. The Holy Spirit is constantly drawing us closer. We can draw closer to Him or we can pull away and run. If we expect God to crown us with loving kindness and tender mercies and give us the desires of our heart, we must FIRST say YES and fully surrender our lives to Him. THEN He will respond as He has promised. 

 

THEN, He will...........turn the tide ............in your life.

    
Grateful for all the Benefits,      Doreen

 
www.bettsministries.org