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DO YOU ROB GOD?
SEP 27
Malachi 3:6-14
Memorise Malachi 3:10 "Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me"
DO YOU ROB GOD?
In Malachi 3:8, Israel was charged with the grave offence of having robbed God. The accusation is clearly stated: "Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me". The thought of stealing from God, or robbing something from Him that is not ours is simply ludicrous isn’t it? Who in his right might would try such a thing! But God was certainly serious when He made such an allegation. The people’s reaction was to ask, "wherein have we robbed thee?" They were puzzled, and did not understand what God meant. The answer comes directly: "in tithes and offerings". They had robbed God by not giving their best, in not giving what was required of them in their tithes and offerings. They had not given to God what was due to him, and therefore God says that they were "cursed with a curse" (Malachi 3:9).
We realize that in many ways, we too rob God of what is rightfully His. God made us, and gave us all that we have. He made this whole world for us to enjoy, and granted us salvation so rich and so free that we can have eternal life. Daily He bestows us His rich grace and countless blessings. In return, what do we have to offer? Do we see this debt of gratitude that we owe to the Lord?
The Lord lovingly asks us to give of our lives as a living sacrifice to Him, to love, honour and obey Him. He gave us His commandments to follow and asks that we do our part to share His gospel. Have we done so? In many ways we rob God when we do not do our part in service to Him. We are so caught up with seeking after our ambition or enjoying the pleasure of this life. We do not give God the glory due to His name, nor give Him the rightful position of high priority in our lives. We do not lay our all upon the altar, of our whole lives as a sacrifice for Him. Instead we spend all our time, energy and resources on chasing after the things of the world, and only give the lousy remnants to Him. We rob God when we exhaust ourselves in the pursuit of the world’s sinful pleasures and temptations, and then have only a quick minute of devotion and prayer at night, too tired to even finish our prayers; we rob God when we spend all our time on our fun and studies, and say we are too busy to serve Him; we rob God when we spend all our pocket money on frivolous and unnecessary things and do not have enough to give our tithes in church. In so many other ways, we rob God. Dear teen, are you guilty of any of these?
Thought: How many commandments do I break when I rob God?
Prayer: Lord help me to never sin by robbing from You.
Posted in Teens RPG
Malachi 3:6-14
Memorise Malachi 3:10 "Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me"
DO YOU ROB GOD?
In Malachi 3:8, Israel was charged with the grave offence of having robbed God. The accusation is clearly stated: "Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me". The thought of stealing from God, or robbing something from Him that is not ours is simply ludicrous isn’t it? Who in his right might would try such a thing! But God was certainly serious when He made such an allegation. The people’s reaction was to ask, "wherein have we robbed thee?" They were puzzled, and did not understand what God meant. The answer comes directly: "in tithes and offerings". They had robbed God by not giving their best, in not giving what was required of them in their tithes and offerings. They had not given to God what was due to him, and therefore God says that they were "cursed with a curse" (Malachi 3:9).
We realize that in many ways, we too rob God of what is rightfully His. God made us, and gave us all that we have. He made this whole world for us to enjoy, and granted us salvation so rich and so free that we can have eternal life. Daily He bestows us His rich grace and countless blessings. In return, what do we have to offer? Do we see this debt of gratitude that we owe to the Lord?
The Lord lovingly asks us to give of our lives as a living sacrifice to Him, to love, honour and obey Him. He gave us His commandments to follow and asks that we do our part to share His gospel. Have we done so? In many ways we rob God when we do not do our part in service to Him. We are so caught up with seeking after our ambition or enjoying the pleasure of this life. We do not give God the glory due to His name, nor give Him the rightful position of high priority in our lives. We do not lay our all upon the altar, of our whole lives as a sacrifice for Him. Instead we spend all our time, energy and resources on chasing after the things of the world, and only give the lousy remnants to Him. We rob God when we exhaust ourselves in the pursuit of the world’s sinful pleasures and temptations, and then have only a quick minute of devotion and prayer at night, too tired to even finish our prayers; we rob God when we spend all our time on our fun and studies, and say we are too busy to serve Him; we rob God when we spend all our pocket money on frivolous and unnecessary things and do not have enough to give our tithes in church. In so many other ways, we rob God. Dear teen, are you guilty of any of these?
Thought: How many commandments do I break when I rob God?
Prayer: Lord help me to never sin by robbing from You.
Posted in Teens RPG