The Benefits of Salvation

UV 612/10,000 The Benefits of Salvation Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Psalm 68 v 18 It is a wonderful privilege given to mortal man that we can bless the Immortal, Infinite, merciful and all knowing God. To bless means to lift up. We can lift up the name of God in the midst of the people among whom we live and work. It is impossible for a true believer of Jesus not to be a workplace witness. For when we speak we would drop clues of how blessed we are because of the Lord whom we know personally and worship. The uni-verse says that He daily loads us with benefits or blessings. The blessings are physical, spiritual, financial, relational, emotional, intellectual and social. He comforts us in our loss and sorrows- this is a psychological benefit or blessing. He guides us with His eye- this is a intellectual benefit since it helps us solve our dilemmas and chart out our course of action for the day in a specific direction. He protects us, heals and preserves us- this is a physical benefit. He causes us to rejoice –this is an emotional blessing. He gives us abilities, opportunities and ideas to prosper- this is a financial blessing. He leads us to the right type of fellowship and friends- a relational or social blessing. He feeds us from His Word daily and listens to our prayers and even our sighs- a spiritual blessing. Of course, all the benefits we receive from the Lord are holistic and affect all of life. We do not seek or receive these blessings to hoard it for ourselves and our generations but to share it generously with the needy and to be a blessing ourselves even as we are blessed. While the above benefits apply to our daily lives on earth, the gift of salvation through our faith in Jesus is the ultimate blessing that the Lord God has given each of us. Salvation moves us from an earthly orbit to an eternal orbit. We are no longer mere flesh and blood beings whose destiny is the grave but we are eternal and spiritual beings living in the here and now. We are blood-washed saints in the eyes of the Lord. We are no longer mere children of man but children of God. Our goal is no longer to eke out an existence on this planet but to prepare ourselves for our heavenly home. We live and experience the miraculous and supernatural as naturally as we used to live on the natural plane. Our focus and priority is our salvation and all other incidental benefits we receive from the Lord are secondary. Instead of being the prodigal son we should now aim to be the “prodigious son” who works for the greater glory of God. We have the new clothes of salvation- a lifestyle of righteousness, contentment and godliness. A new ring of authority adorns both our fingers and our voice. Our feet are adorned with the shoes of proclamation. Our tongues are the sword of God not to cause death and judgement but to deliver like salvation to others. Our arms are the extended limbs of God. The Holy Spirit will give us generously new gifts for ministry. When we ask for wisdom, He will give us spiritual wisdom, the wisdom that is from above, that is peaceful, gentle, loving, humble and kind. Like good wine becomes better as it grows older, we will be like vintage wine, made richer by the wisdom of the Rock of Ages and bearing fruit even in our old age. Prateep V Philip