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Giving Back To God

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1st Samuel 1:26-28

[26] And she said, Oh my lord, as thy soul liveth, my lord, I am the woman that stood by thee here, praying unto the LORD.
[27] For this child I prayed; and the LORD hath given me my petition which I asked of him:
[28] Therefore also I have lent him to the LORD; as long as he liveth he shall be lent to the LORD. And he worshipped the LORD there.

The following passage was the words spoken by Hannah, who which God gave a child to. In her prayer, she told God that she would dedicate her son to him for his whole life. In short, she made a commitment to God to give something back in return for her desire. The key part of this that was brought out very well in the lesson was the fact that with Hannah there was more selflessness and less selfishness. In the day and age that we live in selfishness is often justified with our own version of why we need something that allows us to do nothing back in return. This is totally the wrong attitude to have if we are to be a loving, selfless people. One part of even my life I notice daily is that everything is so important in the very moment that I’m in. What can we do to change that? First of all, we need to draw selfishness out and replace it with selflessness. We have always heard that it is better to give than to receive. Our attitude towards God needs to get away from “What can you do for me” and more towards “What can I do for you”. Our relationship with God is a two-way road, and we need to always remember to give back to God by using the gifts and talents that he has given each and every one of us. It should become normal to want to give back, not to retain without giving.

So the question you need to ask yourself is, what am I going to give to God today?

1st Samuel 17:23-26

[23] And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the armies of the Philistines, and spake according to the same words: and David heard them.
[24] And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid.
[25] And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father’s house free in Israel.
[26] And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?

When all of the men of Israel retreated in fear of Goliath, David stood around them and had the boldness to say “that he should defy the armies of the living God?” This statement showed a clear display of faith to believe that our living God could conquer all that is ahead of us, no matter the size of the trial to come.  Even in the days of Davids youth, he faced things like killing lions, which would have been considered one of the more trivial tasks to carry forth. David had many tough jobs, and in our day we all have many tough things to face. Let your youth be youth once again, and remember to carry the zeal and energy that God has placed within you. With boldness in your resolve to believe in our living God, there is no trial that you cannot conquer!

Responsibility With Grace

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When you are a kid, you can’t stand it. When you are a teenager, you do it just because you are made to. When you are an adult, you do it and forget it when you leave at the end of the day. When you are an older adult, you retire to get away from it all.

What am I talking about? Work of course!

I know why we have to take care of our every day needs with work on your job and at home, but why must we do it with such grace? It seems easy to give no effort and to get by with the minimum. But as we all know, there is a lot of work involved in getting out there, being responsible, and taking care of business, with success in all of it as the goal.

In the midst of all the required responsibilities, I hope that I get you to see a couple thoughts from this. To try and bring my point out more, I will make this into two scenarios:

The first person does all the required work, but with an attitude and resent to everyone around them. They take on the essential “do what I have to” attitude, while having no concept of charity.

The second person realizes that while work is work, that work is not the boss of their life, and they can still enjoy life with love and laughter.

My question is, which person do you feel like you are drawn to? It could be both, or you might be somewhere in between, just disgusted with it all. I could talk more and more about natural responsibility, but that’s not what this ministry is all about. I’m talking about your responsibility to God and the church.

Responsibility is knowing and doing what both God and others are expecting from you:

Ephesians 6:5

“Servants, be obedient to them that are [your] masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ”

In hindsight, we need to remember that we are not here just for ourselves, despite popular opinion telling you alone to grab life by the horns, to live it up for yourself. That’s just not how it works. There are others that need you to be everything that you can be always. We do not have time to be anything otherwise!

Responsibility is realizing the importance of the task assigned to us:

Ephesians 6:6

“Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart”

In all of the things we do, remember who you are serving. I’m not working to serve money; it just happens to be a benefit of my responsibility. I don’t do what I do to earn the popular opinion; I’ll never win the hearts of everyone, being since I cannot make everyone like me all at the same time. I do what I do in my life in service to my God and the people that surround me. I want those around me to succeed, but I want God to be pleased with all that I do. Let God run the rule in your life, and he’ll make those things you need to work around you be successful!

Responsibility is having a clear conscience before God and man:

1 Corinthians 4:5

“Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.”

Each day we live, we are writing another page to our life book. That which we leave behind is all that will be remembered, if at all. If anything, the things that I want to be remembered for is being a friend of God and a Godly friend to you, showing love and compassion as God did to me. It’s not the objects you leave that make an impact, it’s by your example and the testimony of what impact you made to others.

Of course, I rambled over on this devotional, but remember this: that and who you are responsible for matters, and YOU matter! But God should matter most, and he’ll equip you with the provision you ask for!

God Bless You!!!