SACRIFICE THANK OFFERINGS TO GOD
Keywords 50:14,15
14 Sacrifice thank offerings to God, fulfill your vows to the Most
High, 15 and call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and
you will honour me."
1. Is God honoured and pleased simply with material offerings or
rote recitation of God’s word? He is not. Our God is
the Mighty One, the LORD, who summons the heavens and the earth. He is perfect
in beauty and the God of justice. God’s people brought animal sacrifices, but God did not need their
bulls and goats (9). Every animal, bird, insect, and everything else in the
world already belongs to God (10-12)! God desires much more than things or good
words from us. He desires our hearts.
2. Our offerings
should reflect gratitude, love, and humility toward God. God invites us to
sacrifice thank offerings and to humbly call on him in the day of trouble. He
promises to deliver us and then we will honour him as a result (15). Rather
than hypocritically speak God’s covenant and then
later use our mouths to speak evil (16,19), we can offer a sacrifice of praise
for his Son Jesus (Heb 13:15). When we relate to God in a mechanical or
transactional way, he is not pleased. However, when we sacrifice thank
offerings, we honour him and he reveals his salvation (23). How will you honour
and thank God today?
Prayer Father, everything we have belongs to you. I offer to you praise
and thanks for salvation in Jesus. Please deliver me from troubles and help me
to honour you.
One Word An offering of thanks to God
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