Give God the best of you
"And the king said to Arauna, No, I will buy you for a price, for I will not offer burnt offerings to the LORD my God, which cost me nothing."
This verse shows us that it is a principle to give God the best of us, so that we can expect the best of Him.
David had sinned and, because of this, a plague overwhelmed the people. To atone for his sin, the Lord told David to build an altar in the Arauna era, and to offer a holocaust for the plague to stop.
Arauna tried to give her the land, the oxen and other things for the sacrifice, but David insisted on paying him, saying that he could not present an offering to God that would not have cost him anything.
At the very center of faith is that your offering implies a sacrifice. Your offering will not be a living offering unless it costs you something, something that represents a portion of your life itself. Otherwise, it will not produce a good harvest. Our offerings to God must possess the following qualities:
First, it must be the best we can offer. When we give God our best we are in a position to expect the best from God.
Second, God must have priority in our offerings. The first thought in our minds, having received something, should be how I can offer a portion of my harvest to the Lord's work.
Finally, our gifts must be generous, that is, totally selfless, without expecting anything in return from the one who receives them, as Jesus said to his disciples: "You have received grace, you have freely given" (MT 10.8)
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