GOD GETS THE BEST

“And when you offer the blind as a sacrifice, Is it not evil? And when you offer the lame and sick, Is it not evil? Offer it then to your governor! Would he be pleased with you?” ~ Malachi 1:6-10

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Malachi 1:8

When someone gives me a gift that I know they could have done better, it irks me and says they are either stingy or do not value me that much. I’m sure you feel the same way. The quality of our generosity is often the test of our capacity for kindness, goodness, or spirituality. When God valued you and I, He gave heaven’s best, His Son, Jesus Christ.

I often see people whom God has been kind to who find it challenging to extend generosity to those around them, or at the most, are miserly in giving. Worse still, these Christians scruple at giving to the God who made it possible for them to be where they are on life’s ladder. They get theological, philosophical, and rational just to be stingy with God. They think God is robbing them when He seeks their gifts for His Kingdom, church, or good works.

God rebuked Israel and their priests and their worthless religion. A religion that costs you nothing is worthless. Giving to God became tedious for them, and they gave God their leftovers, in a sense. They offered defiled food – lame, sick, and blind animals, which displeased God. He admonished them that they would not dare give that to their governors. Many of us treat ourselves, guests, and VIPs that we are privileged to meet better than God. Unacceptable!

A brother and sister played ‘Noah’s Ark’ in their backyard pool. They used a shoebox for the Ark, and after the Flood, they wanted to make a sacrifice like Noah. The boy wanted to offer up his sister’s Barbie doll, but she refused. She wanted to sacrifice her brother’s Transformers toy, but he refused. So, they compromised. They found a filthy, crushed, one-eyed stuffed sheep. Someone overheard one of them saying, “Here, let’s sacrifice this. We don’t want it anyway.”

It is precisely what many of us do; we give God only what we don’t have any use for. However, we should give God what is right, not what is left; God should get the best. A heart genuinely touched by God knows that God gets the best. If you are constantly arguing, hesitating, debating, and rationalizing about if God gets the best, ask Him to touch your heart anew.

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