Giving Back

Lent – Day 7

Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the best part of everything you produce. Then He will fill your barns with grain, and your vats will overflow with good wine. Proverbs 3:9-10.

Do you give up something for Lent…or do you add something? Some people I know give up sodas or chocolate…and others add something—like reading through the New Testament in the 40 days of Lent. What do you do? It may end up like old New Year’s Resolutions—forgotten a week later. So this is the seventh day of Lent, have you made any changes in your life in regards to preparation for the upcoming cross of Good Friday…or the joyous celebration of Resurrection Sunday? Personally I’ve tried to make a change in my life that honors the Lord—like treating everyone as if they were Jesus. Have you ever tried doing things for others as if they were Jesus? That would honor the Lord.

These verses above follow the “don’t be wise in your own eyes” verse. If a person is following the Lord and respecting Him, then giving Him the first fruits the way that He has asked, even as early as Cain and Able, will be yet another way of showing reverence and admiration. The Lord has promised to give bountiful harvests to those who respect Him. Even today harvesting grain and fruit depends on hard work that the farmer has put in for months. To be blessed by the Lord is a joyful event—we should give Him the honor that is due Him even for the bounty of our gardens. Can you give back a portion of what He has provided?

Prayer ~ Thank You Lord for all that You have given and provided for us—for we have an abundance of food on our table year-around. Please continue to bless our family, friends and neighbors with all that we need. As we get ready to plant our gardens soon, give us wisdom in the planning, sowing and care of our plants that we would have an abundance to share with others. We praise You…and give You the honor due You—for You are an awesome God—providing Wisdom and Love to all.

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All scripture quoted from the New Living Translation (NLT) unless otherwise noted.

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