Giving Our Best to God
Read Leviticus 3:1
Today’s Truth
This is another theme that we see all throughout Leviticus when it comes to offerings that were presented before God, they must be without blemish. So basically, if you’re an Israelite, you wouldn’t take or couldn’t take the animal who is sick or has all of these problems and think, “Okay, I’ll sacrifice that, that way I’ll kinda save the best for myself and I’ll offer the worst to God.” No, you would have to give an offering that’s without blemish, that it’s perfect. And there’s really … Well, there’s multiple purposes going on here, but at least two of those purposes, think about it with me, one, God was teaching his people to offer him their best, not their leftovers.
Discussion Questions
- How are you giving God your “first fruits” in terms of time, talent, and treasure?
- Do you try to bargain with God or are you always willing to give him your best? Explain.
- What does it look like to give our best to God?
Application
This is where … Oh, I would encourage you and even in my own life I think, “Am I giving God my best?” There’s a reason why tithes, when it comes to money were offered first, like off the top, first fruit offerings off the top, so that we are from the very beginning saying, “God, I give my first and my best to you, not my leftovers.” I think about my time with the Lord. I wanna give him my best time during the day, not my worst time during the day when I’m most prone to distraction or most tired, least energetic, I wanna give him my best time.
