08/29/2024
Benefit Paid Out
Yesterday, I was in a meeting with an insurance provider. A most important concept came into the conversation and I did not at all realize this yesterday.
Today, I was in a fellowship with others seeking a timely Word from God, when my daughter asked me what I was seeing in Psalm 105. I did not want to give a useless answer; I remained silent and I asked the Lord, “Lord, what do you want me to see and what do you want me to say, right now?” The silence seemed to continue for a while. Then, I was reminded of the meeting yesterday, wherein we considered a modified approach to life insurance.
Often, life insurance pays out a benefit to named survivors upon the death of a policyholder. The proposal given in yesterday’s meeting was that I would convert my life insurance to a different policy with an attached rider to provide in-home medical assistance and/or assisted living expenses paid out from the death benefit of the life insurance policy.
As I considered the prayer and the answer that the Lord would provide Today, I received the following:
• Greater than any “insurance” is the Assurance that our Lord Jesus Christ has already provided
• We are already ensured that God’s giving of Christ’s Life is the greatest Gift of all, so that you should not perish but choose everlasting Life
• Better than a death benefit, is the Treasure already paid out in the Blood of Christ so that you and I can enjoy the greatest Benefit, Today
• Choose Today to receive the very best in-home assistance and God’s care for your Health
With a new perspective, Today, I considered what I had failed to notice yesterday:
• Many of us were waiting for some future day to be able to enjoy a benefit promised by someone else
• Many believers in Christ look forward to a future day when they will enjoy being with the Lord, unencumbered by the burdens of the world
• Many of us have planned an estate to provide a benefit to loved ones upon our death
• Our God and our Lord Jesus Christ is encouraging us to Live in the most sizeable Benefit Today!
Many parents have already concluded that far more important is it to give good to their children while they live with their children; and far less important is any monetary or material gift given to the children after we pass away.
The Lord says to us:
Today, if you will not harden your hearts, but believe in your Lord Jesus Christ and receive the Word that the Lord your God has spoken, then God will provide you with the Power to be the Sons and Daughters of God and to Live in the Father’s Greatest Joy forever. -- Psalm 95, John 1, …etc.