We live in a generation of Christians which I call the MP generation., that is to say the minimum possible maximum possible generation. It’s a selfish generation which thinks in terms of what is the minimum possible I have to give to God or to man or to do and what is the maximum possible I can get from God and from my fellow brethren. This was not the attitude which God have. He gave us His best and expected nothing in return. In other words, what is the maximum possible I have to do to these human beings and what is the minimum possible I can get for myself. This is the attitude we should seek to have in our earthly lives.
David says in 2Sam 24:24 that he would not offer to God that which costed him nothing. If he was to offer to God, he had to have incurred a cost. There are so many services which we offer to God which costs us nothing but God cannot accept them. Any service which we do just for the sake of doing it will not be accepted by God.
Looking at the example of Cain and Abel, the reason God accepted Abels and rejected Cains offerings is given if we read the verses carefully. Gen 4:3, we see Cain brought ‘’AN OFFERING”. In other words, Gods wants an offering and therefore I must fulfil my duty, and he picked something to give to God. Abel on the other hand, Gen 4:4, gave the best of the firstborn lambs from His flock, in other words, God deserves my best, and I will choose the best and the fattest. The difference in their giving is the reason God accepted one and rejected the other. God has not changed, He deserves our best even today. Something that will cost us.
In Malachi 1:6-8, God is saying to the Israelites that they have not honoured Him as a Father nor feared Him as a Master. This is because they offer polluted bread on the alter and saying that Gods alter deserves no respect. This they do by giving blind animals, crippled or diseased. He asks if they would offer the same to the governor. This ought to awake us to ask ourselves if we have been offering defiled offering to God.
Does your serving God cost you anything? Does it cost you convenience, time? You see for example, a person who is employed and is supposed to report for job at 8:00 am for 1year will hardly go late for job, whereas the same person will rarely go church on time which starts at 10:00a.m. do you do your best in everything except when it concerns God or His people?
Do not offer to God that which costs you nothing.
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