Patrikin – Kinship through The Father

Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits – Psalm 103:2

Working for my employer has benefits — 401K, health insurance, retirement, crisis assistance, a whole host of “Benefits”. You can bet I have read, and re-read, my benefits package very carefully because they do me no good unless I remember them in time of need.

Benefits don’t keep me from experiencing need, they help me through my need.

God likewise offers benefits to his own — yet it surprises me how little inclined we are to read his benefits package, the Bible. It also surprises me how quickly we are to dismiss his benefits because we have fallen into need to begin with.

I remember a man relating to me how, during a family tragedy, he eventually realized God wasn’t at fault, God was the only one who could help him make it through, and he did.

1. Become familiar with what the Bible says God has provided and how people in the Bible obtained what they needed;
2. Remember God is the one, sometimes the only one, who can get you through your need;
3. Ask him to show you how to apply for his benefits.

— fritz@langgang.com