12-31-07
Well I have been “stuck” in Malachi for a while, meaning that I have been reading it for about two weeks and it is only four chapters long!!! I have not been giving my all to what has asked of me lately. Feeling that I am only giving Him half of me and that half is not the best that I could give. Unfortunately, ignoring the issue has caused even more space between my Father and I. Praise the Lord that He is a persistent one and will never give up on me.
Chapter one discusses the Lord’s honor and what He expects to receive from us. God is talking to the people in Jerusalem and is rather angry with what they are sacrificing to Him. Vs. 6-8 “A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If I am a father, where is the honor due me? If I am a master, where is the respect due me?” says the Lord Almighter. “It is you, O priests, who show contempt for my name. ‘But you ask, ‘How have we shown contempt for your name?’ ‘You place defiled food on my altar.’ ‘But you ask, ‘ How have we defiled you?’ ‘By saying that the Lord’s table is contemptible. When you bring blind animals for sacrifice, is that not wrong? When you sacrifice crippled or diseased animals, is that not wrong? Try offereing them to your governor! Would he be pleased with you? Would he accept you?”says the Lord Almighty.
These three verses convicts my broken heart. I have been giving God, the one who deserves the best, the worst. How amazing it is to me that we would never give our family, friends, or someone we deeply respect the bad things that we have to offer. We would want to give them our best whether it be our love, our work, or the way we talk with them. I have realized that is what God wants too. Just because He is not right in front of me – person to person – He wants me to see Him as that, but not only as a “normal” person – THE KING – THE ALMIGHTY ONE. I should always be aware of that and rethink my priorities. He longs to have all of me, He desires the best of me and for me, and He will never leave me or give up on me.
Needless to say I am convicting to get my butt in gear and stop pushing everything off and refocus my thoughts, words, and actions for His glory instead of my selfishness.
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