Everything We Have Has Come From You, We Give You Only What You First Gave Us!

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1 Kings 2; 1 Chronicles 29; Psalm 95; 2 Thessalonians 1

Everything We Have

 Has Come From You, 

We Give You Only What You First Gave Us!

Scripture

1 Chronicles 29

¹⁰ Then David praised the Lord in the presence of the whole assembly:

“O Lord, the God of our ancestor Israel, may you be praised forever and ever! ¹¹ Yours, O Lord, is the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory, and the majesty. Everything in the heavens and on earth is yours, O Lord, and this is your kingdom. We adore you as the one who is over all things.  

¹² Wealth and honor come from you alone, for you rule over everything. Power and might are in your hand, and at your discretion people are made great and given strength.

¹³ “O our God, we thank you and praise your glorious name! ¹⁴ But who am I, and who are my people, that we could give anything to you? Everything we have has come from you, and we give you only what you first gave us! ¹⁵ We are here for only a moment, visitors and strangers in the land as our ancestors were before us. Our days on earth are like a passing shadow, gone so soon without a trace.

¹⁶ “O Lord our God, even this material we have gathered to build a Temple to honor your holy name comes from you! It all belongs to you! ¹⁷ I know, my God, that you examine our hearts and rejoice when you find integrity there. 

Observation

King David was at the end of his life when he shared this prayer of praise to God! He was so rich. There was probably no one richer than he was at this moment in time yet he realized that none of what he had was really his. It all belonged to God.

Everything that you own from your car to your microwave none of it belongs to you. It all belongs to God. It is on loan from God. You and I are just stewards of what He has loaned us. He is the Owner. 

If that is the case then why aren’t we more generous with what He has provided for us? 

In fact, God tells us that if we will give back to Him just a small portion of what He has given to us then He will shower on us His blessings! He tells us to test Him by giving Him back a tithe (a tenth) of what He has loaned us. 

Do you believe the above paragraph? 

You only believe it if you put it into practice! If every person in our church believed and put into practice Malachi 3:10 our church could reach our entire city for Christ!

Bring your full tithe to the Temple treasury so there will be ample provisions in my Temple. Test me in this and see if I don't open up heaven itself to you and pour out blessings beyond your wildest dreams. Malachi 3:10

Application

I will give to the Lord and I will let Him open up heaven and pour out blessings beyond my wildest dreams! 

Prayer

Heavenly Father, You do own everything. Help me be a good steward of what You have allowed me to have. Don’t let me be stingy. Help me to be a giver like You!

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