sokin's devotional 72 - It is all His. (birthday post!)
*It's my birthday today! It's also been a whole long time since I updated this blog. I have been through quite a lot since the last time I wrote here, but was recently reminded of how important it is to journal, and share the things God has placed on my heart in my readings. Doing so also helps me process the jumbled mess that is usually on my heart and in my mind as I read the Word. And who knows? Maybe some of my thoughts can help people. I am still navigating different options on how to utilize this site as I am considering integrating it with other things but anyways, here is today's:"
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O Lord our God, all this abundance that we have provided for building you a house for your holy name comes from your hand and is all your own.
1 Chronicles 29:16
The man bowed his head and worshipped the Lord and said, "Blessed be the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has not forsaken His steadfast love and his faithfulness toward my master. As for me, the Lord has led me in the way to the house of my master's kinsman.
Then Isaac brought her into the tent of Sarah his mother and took Rebekah, and she became his wife, and he loved her. So Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.
Genesis 24:26, 27, 67
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When King David was preparing all the supplies for the building of the temple, towards the end of the preparation right before he commissioned Solomon to take over the role, David along with the leaders of the tribes gave an offering to the Lord which greatly increased the resources for the building of the temple.
It was no chump change. Thousands of talents of gold, silver, bronze, iron were given freely for the construction of the temple. At this, David made a great observation and declaration to God in effect saying,
"God, all things come from you, thank you for giving us the resources so that we can worship you with our offering."
Easily, David could've commended his and his leader's great offering and could've extolled himself, but he remembered that even the very offering they were giving came from God.
As I have been on staff for about 4 years now with KCCC, I am reminded almost daily of my need for God to fill up my physical needs. And yet, with the very offering I give back to Him, I am reminded that all things come from Him! The very offering I give comes from God.
In Genesis, Abraham commissioned his servant to go and look for a wife for his son Isaac, outside of the land they were living in. And in time, the servant finds beautiful Rebekah, fulfilling exactly the requirements the servant and Abraham were looking for. And so Isaac takes Rebekah as his wife and loves her. Even in this story, we see the provision of God coming upon man, as the servant knew very well that God was the one who provided. And God doesn't just provide the bare minimum of what's required - God gives lavishly, and one whom Isaac was able to love.
We must take great care to remember that everything given in our lifetime is from the Lord. Nothing we have is ours. We are mere stewards and not possessors. Even the very offering we give to the church comes from God.
Let us not be so bold as to assume that God is giving to us because we necessarily deserve it. No, we deserve far worse, but by His grace, we are lavishly given good things from God because we are sons. And God will not withhold good things to His own children.
Let us take great steps to remember all that we have is His.
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O Lord our God, all this abundance that we have provided for building you a house for your holy name comes from your hand and is all your own.
1 Chronicles 29:16
The man bowed his head and worshipped the Lord and said, "Blessed be the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has not forsaken His steadfast love and his faithfulness toward my master. As for me, the Lord has led me in the way to the house of my master's kinsman.
Then Isaac brought her into the tent of Sarah his mother and took Rebekah, and she became his wife, and he loved her. So Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.
Genesis 24:26, 27, 67
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When King David was preparing all the supplies for the building of the temple, towards the end of the preparation right before he commissioned Solomon to take over the role, David along with the leaders of the tribes gave an offering to the Lord which greatly increased the resources for the building of the temple.
It was no chump change. Thousands of talents of gold, silver, bronze, iron were given freely for the construction of the temple. At this, David made a great observation and declaration to God in effect saying,
"God, all things come from you, thank you for giving us the resources so that we can worship you with our offering."
Easily, David could've commended his and his leader's great offering and could've extolled himself, but he remembered that even the very offering they were giving came from God.
As I have been on staff for about 4 years now with KCCC, I am reminded almost daily of my need for God to fill up my physical needs. And yet, with the very offering I give back to Him, I am reminded that all things come from Him! The very offering I give comes from God.
In Genesis, Abraham commissioned his servant to go and look for a wife for his son Isaac, outside of the land they were living in. And in time, the servant finds beautiful Rebekah, fulfilling exactly the requirements the servant and Abraham were looking for. And so Isaac takes Rebekah as his wife and loves her. Even in this story, we see the provision of God coming upon man, as the servant knew very well that God was the one who provided. And God doesn't just provide the bare minimum of what's required - God gives lavishly, and one whom Isaac was able to love.
We must take great care to remember that everything given in our lifetime is from the Lord. Nothing we have is ours. We are mere stewards and not possessors. Even the very offering we give to the church comes from God.
Let us not be so bold as to assume that God is giving to us because we necessarily deserve it. No, we deserve far worse, but by His grace, we are lavishly given good things from God because we are sons. And God will not withhold good things to His own children.
Let us take great steps to remember all that we have is His.
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