Helped!

Helped!

Blessed be the Lord, Who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah. Psalm 68:19 KJV

Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior, who daily bears our burdens. Psalms 68:19 NIV

Context and Charge:

Same verse, two different versions. From the perspective of the man who wrote them, you know these words come from a place of personal experience. As we know, David is called a man after God's heart. He knew God as a father, friend and faithful provider, and he praised God often for all the blessings and Benefits he received from God. We note that David did not always get it right, but God who knew his heart helped him to quickly retrace his steps when he did wrong. What more help could a man get? It is still the same God, who does not change. Like David, can I praise God faithfully and consistently, no matter what the physical realities around me are?

David recognises the imprint and impact of God on his life. He mentions benefits and burdens. God loads us with benefits because it is his will that we have all that we need for life and Godliness. He will not hold back  anything we need from us, but will freely give us out of the abundance of His riches in Christ. No demand on earth can exhaust the resources of heaven, so feel free to ask God for anything that lines up with his will, and He will do it. Life also will happen to us; there are seasons of pain and discomfort built into the life that sin has now wrought. However, we also have this standing assurance that God will bear those burdens when they arise.

Conviction and Conclusion:

What else could I ask God for? He gives me all I need, and then holds me up when life threatens to crush me. David calls God blessed, or ascribes praise to God for all He does. I note that this is the God that David had come to know by personal encounter. Do not be content to be told about this God; find Him for yourself. Don't settle for a person's version of God; seek Him out yourself. Don't seek out false gods or other man-made lies and tokens, which cannot help or save. He gives daily help, not weekly, monthly or yearly, and if I will enjoy His favour, I must also seek him out daily. Have you met this God? Have I? God's time of favour is here.