With A Willing Heart
Reading: Exodus 25 - 30
My Verse: "Speak to the Israelites, that they take for Me an offering. From every man who gives it willingly and ungrudgingly with his heart, you shall take My offering" (25:1).
This is so good. LORD God, You do not ask of us what we do not want to give You. You risked all of Your beautiful creation by giving us a free spirit, a free will. You wanted us to be sentient, rationale beings, able to made our own decisions, own choices. Here You tell Moses to take an offering only from those who give "willingly with his heart."
How we must pain You with our reluctance, with our dragging feet. We are so slow to grasp Your beautiful gift of salvation. Even when we do accept Your free gift we are slow to give our all to You. We tend to be selfish - hanging onto our possessions, our time, our talents - thinking it is ours alone.
Yet, throughout Your Word You tell us how we would only be blessed by giving to You! You teach us that giving is all about attitude. To illustrate this You compared the giving of the poor widow to that of the wealthy scribes. "For they all threw in our of their abundance, but she, out of her deep poverty. . ." (Mark 12:44).
"Give generously to him and do so without a grudging heart; then because of this the LORD your God will bless you in all your work and in everything you put your hand to" (Deuteronomy 15:10).
"Then the people rejoiced because they had offered so willingly, for they made their offering to the LORD with a whole heart, and King David also rejoiced greatly" (I Chronicles 29:9).
"Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to do it" (Proverbs 3:27).
"Give to everyone who asks of you, and whoever takes away what is yours, do not demand it back" (Luke 6:30).
Most of these teach about giving of one's time and possessions. But this teaching of Yours goes deeper. You LORD God also want our hearts. You want us to give You our hearts "willingly and ungrudgingly." In Revelation 3:16 You say. "So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth!"
Oh, LORD God, I pray for a willing heart in all that I do. For all that I do should be as unto You! (I Corinthians 10:31) That means giving You all my heart willingly!
Ditat Deus- God Enriches!
Reading: Exodus 25 - 30
My Verse: "Speak to the Israelites, that they take for Me an offering. From every man who gives it willingly and ungrudgingly with his heart, you shall take My offering" (25:1).
This is so good. LORD God, You do not ask of us what we do not want to give You. You risked all of Your beautiful creation by giving us a free spirit, a free will. You wanted us to be sentient, rationale beings, able to made our own decisions, own choices. Here You tell Moses to take an offering only from those who give "willingly with his heart."
How we must pain You with our reluctance, with our dragging feet. We are so slow to grasp Your beautiful gift of salvation. Even when we do accept Your free gift we are slow to give our all to You. We tend to be selfish - hanging onto our possessions, our time, our talents - thinking it is ours alone.
Yet, throughout Your Word You tell us how we would only be blessed by giving to You! You teach us that giving is all about attitude. To illustrate this You compared the giving of the poor widow to that of the wealthy scribes. "For they all threw in our of their abundance, but she, out of her deep poverty. . ." (Mark 12:44).
"Give generously to him and do so without a grudging heart; then because of this the LORD your God will bless you in all your work and in everything you put your hand to" (Deuteronomy 15:10).
"Then the people rejoiced because they had offered so willingly, for they made their offering to the LORD with a whole heart, and King David also rejoiced greatly" (I Chronicles 29:9).
"Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to do it" (Proverbs 3:27).
"Give to everyone who asks of you, and whoever takes away what is yours, do not demand it back" (Luke 6:30).
Most of these teach about giving of one's time and possessions. But this teaching of Yours goes deeper. You LORD God also want our hearts. You want us to give You our hearts "willingly and ungrudgingly." In Revelation 3:16 You say. "So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth!"
Oh, LORD God, I pray for a willing heart in all that I do. For all that I do should be as unto You! (I Corinthians 10:31) That means giving You all my heart willingly!
Ditat Deus- God Enriches!
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