2Sam 24:24 “… I will not sacrifice to the LORD my God offerings that cost me nothing.”
How much does you offering/sacrifice cost you? What’s the attitude of your heart when offering to God your sacrifices?
Mal 1:6-14 what is the sacrifice that is acceptable and honors God?
- The offering that is not defiled. Defiled how?
Whatever we offer to God should never have any blemish. Food for thought, if you took a crippled sacrifice to your local governor, will he be pleased with you? Certainly No. should we give to God that which is crippled, dishonorable? Absolutely No. God is sovereign, never give Him that which is dishonorable. God is the giver of good gifts. He even gave His best, His only begotten son Jesus without any blemish/sin. Let’s give Him what is due His great name.
- Never bring to God a sacrifice of convenience.
If you want to get rid of something you don’t require, don’t not give it to God. Don’t sacrifice nything that is just convenient to you. We must give God what is due Him. Our hearts must be set to honor God. it must cost you. If something is not useful to you, why bring it to God? How often do we bring to God our second best, the coins that remained after shopping and paying bills? Our Quiet Time, is it a superficial effort of convenience or of love and loving devotion?
Mark 14:3-9, Luke 7:36-39- A woman came with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume. She broke it and poured the perfume on Jesus. The perfume was worth a year’s wages. She came out of love and gratitude in the understanding that she could be forgiven. That was a costly sacrifice and she offered it to Jesus out of love with humility and gratitude
Matt 19:29- we must be willing to sacrifice the most important things in our lives for the sake of Jesus. Our relationships, our ambitions, possessions etc. we must sacrificially give to God.
- What’s the attitude of your heart when offering your sacrifices to God?
Never offer any sacrifice to God with a contemptible attitude. A grateful heart, a cheerful attitude, willingness and loving attitude is what we should have when offering to God our sacrifices. It will be a waste if we bring an acceptable and honorable sacrifice with wrong attitude. When giving to God, what has been the attitude of your heart? Better no sacrifice that sacrifices offered with contempt. Mal 1:10-12
God is not interested in a multitude of our sacrifices. He requires the sincerity of the worshiper, faithfulness, obedience, total devotion, humility, justice and righteousness Isaiah 1:11-15.
God hides His face from those who rebel against Him. he will not listen to their prayers Isaiah 1:15. He will not accept us with defiled sacrifices, sacrifices of convenience and wrong attitude Mal 1:9-10.
Prayer.
I implore you God of grace, please forgive me for the many times I have sacrificed to You offerings that cost me nothing. Forgive me for the times I have had wrong attitude towards giving. Forgive me for the times have sacrificed to You unacceptable and dishonorable sacrifices. Forgive me God. I pledge to give myself sacrificially, the time You have given me and all the resources You have endowed me with.
Much Luv
Kachel
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