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I’ve Got to Pay Him Back
Text: Ps 116:12-14
12 What shall I render to the Lord
for all his benefits to me?
13 I will lift up the cup of salvation
and call on the name of the Lord,
14 I will pay my vows to the Lord
in the presence of all his people.
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The writer asks what he could give the Lord in repayment for His goodness[2] , and he has to love the Lord enough if he is asking how he could repay the Lord!
· When you love the Lord, you have a spirit of I can’t help it!
· You can love Him for why you love Him, and I can love Him for the reason I love Him, and it is still enough love to go around!
When you love the Lord, other people may think you are losing your mind!
· When you love the Lord, he will make you love other people who don’t even love you
· Is there anyone this morning who just loves the Lord
The Psalmist says: What shall I render to the Lord
for all His benefits to me? [3]
In verses 1-2 of this Psalm, he says: 116:1 I love the Lord because he has heard
my voice and my pleas for mercy.
2 Because he inclined his ear to me,
therefore, I will call on him as long as I live.
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So, he is thanking God for hearing his prayers, anyone thankful for the prayers God has answered?
· Is there anyone here this morning that you know when you didn’t know what to say, and all you could do was lay there or just rock back and forth, that God still heard and answered your prayer?
In vs3-6, he said:
3 The ropes of death were wrapped around me,
and the torments of Sheol overcame me;
I encountered trouble and sorrow.
4 Then I called on the name of the Lord:
“Lord, save me!”
5 The Lord is gracious and righteous.
Our God is compassionate.
6 The Lord guards the inexperienced.
I was helpless, and he saved me.
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He is saying that when I should have died, when death was all around me, God spared my life!
· I know some of y’all ain’t never been sick
· Never been to the ER
· Always had good health
· Always felt good; well, this ain’t your session
But some of you know you should have died a long time ago
· Does anyone know that it was God who kept you?
· Tell someone I know I owe God big time!
When he gets down to vs.11, he says: 11 In my alarm, I said,
“Everyone is a liar.”
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· He is saying people have hurt me-- I thought I could trust
Just when I thought I could trust them, folks
· I gave them gas money
· Brought them food when they didn’t have any
· I prayed for them
· I went to bat for them
· The same people I invited to dinner, and they sat at my table
o Those same jokers who ate my fried chicken
o Ate my greens
o Ate my beans and cornbread
o They turned on me and talked about me like a dog
· But when they hurt me, the Lord healed me!
· When they dropped me, the Lord picked me up!
· Is there anybody?
Is there anyone who has been hurt by folk you thought loved you, and God made you better instead of being bitter?
· Tell someone, “I Owe God Big Time.”
So, he asked this question: 12 What shall I render to the Lord
for all His benefits to me? [7]
He answers and says: 13 I will lift up the cup of salvation
and call on the name of the Lord,[8]
· It has been suggested that the cup refers to the part of the sacrifice he would give for having been given salvation (deliverance)[9]
· That he will pay his vows unto the Lord now in the presence of all of His people
· I believe that everyone in here and who is listening online owes God!
o You ought to thank Him for His goodness and mercy
o You ought to thank Him that he kept you
o You ought to thank Him that He healed your body
o If you can stand to your feet, you should say, I know I owe God!
o If you have ever been in the hospital and you were put to sleep by someone you did not know and God woke you up, you ought to say, I know I owe God big time!
o If you have ever been through chemotherapy and God shrunk that tumor, you ought to say, I know I owe God big time!
o If you have ever been through a divorce, they took the toaster, you took the blender, you lost weight, they gained weight, but God gave your strength back, your stroll back, and your life back!
You ought to say I owe God big time!
o If you ever had your lights turned off, your car repossessed, and someone paid your bill, somehow you got a newer and better car, you ought to say, I owe God big time!
o We all have something to thank God for!
· I believe if I allowed everyone to testify, they could tell us about what the Lord has done!
· I’ve got to pay Him back.
He’s been too good to Me!
Here is how to pay God back:
First:
· If you are going to pay God back, you have to accept His plans
Jeremiah 29:11 says, 11 For I know the plans I have for you”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“plans for your well-being, not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.
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So, the Psalmist asked a probing question: 12 What shall I render to the Lord
for all His benefits to me? [11]
· This verse allows us to look within our own lives to look at God's benefits.
Then he says: 13 I will lift up the cup of salvation
and call on the name of the Lord, [12]
The question is, “What shall I render unto the Lord?
Or how shall I pay God back?
It’s a figure of speech because you cannot pay God back for what is His anyway!
Look at what Ps. 24:1 says: 1 The earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof,
the world and those who dwell therein, [13]
So, you can’t pay God back for what is already His, and the only way to pay God back is to lean more on Him!
· Anyone here this morning needs to lean more on God
· You need God in your family
· In your health
· In your finances
· On your job
· Is there anyone who knows you cannot make it without the Lord!
The word cup in the Bible: A vessel for drinking, referred to both literally and figuratively in the Bible.
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