Giving as an act of worship to God, Abiakum Macbeth

 

Digging Deep Tuesday 26th March 2024

GIVING AS AN ACT WORSHIP TO GOD

Bible text: Genesis 27:1-4

Abiakum Macbeth abiakumm@yahoo.com

Introduction:

Worship is a feeling or reference and adoration to God. Its a way to express your love to God. Giving means providing love or other emotion support.

Giving as an act of worship therefore means a form of reference we show to God by parting with our substances or what is precious to us. Note that giving is also a form of thanksgiving, sacrificial giving or obligatory giving. While these other forms of giving are good, giving as a form of worship surpasses them all as it has no attachment or conditions to it.

While giving as a form of thanksgiving is a way of thanking God for all his benefits, sacrificial giving is aimed at provoking the heavens to do the miraculous. Obligatory giving is about fulling the covenant or the obligation. Gen 22:1-11, Prov.3:9, Mal 3:8-12, while the book of psalms is full of thanksgiving for the Lord’s goodness, kindness and mercy.

Giving as a form of worship to God is one of the best forms of giving in that it puts us in position to do what God will ordinary not want to do to Himself. God doesn’t like self-worship. That is, he doesn’t like to worship himself. Rev. 4:11, Luke 19:37-40.

Giving as an act of worship has no conditions attached, its all about reference, adoration and an act that shows how much you love the Lord. It is love that is far above rubies or substance. You do it out of your own volition.

Solomon is a classic example of one whose giving was an act of worship to God. God didn’t ask, command or mandate him to do so. He didn’t give because of fulfilling a condition or of what he wanted from God. He gave as an act of worship. 1kings 3:3-4. We see the rewards. God gave him a blank cheque.

Abel’s offering is another example of worship. Though it was a culture to give an offering to God, he gave his best and it was accepted unto God as a form of worship. Even when Cain slew him, his worship (blood) was still speaking.

King Hezekiah works were a reference to God. Even when his death was announced, his works spoke for him. Issaiah 38;1-6

Time will not permit me to talk of Noah Gen. 6:8, Job 1:8, They gave their totality in worship of God.

 

Benefits of giving as an act of worship

In the text we read, Before Isaac could bless Esau, he wanted him to put something on the alter. Esau’s venison was pleasant to Isaac. It wasn’t because Isaac lacked a meal to eat. He wanted Esau to give something in exchange of the blessing. Its the same way God want’s us to put something on the alter to activate our blessings, worship being number one of all other things.

1                     God is honoured in your life. He likes it when we worship him especially with our substance. Just as God does not enjoy self-worship, he wants us to worship Him

2                     You can not bless yourself. Blessing is pronounced on you. One of the things a man cannot do unto him self is to bless himself.  Thus, if you want to provokes heavenly blessing worship God with your substance.

3                     Doors are open for unprecedented blessings when we worship God with our giving

4                     Generational wealth transfer. Sowing for the future generation

5                     Curses are broken

6                     Its a sign of acknowledgement. You acknowledge that fact that there is nothing you own or have that was not given to you.

7                     You lay up for yourself treasures not only in heaven but even here on earth. Matt.6:19-20

8                     Givers never lack especially those who give without any condition attached to their giving. They do so as an act of worship to God.

 

 

 

 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

ABIAKUM MACBETH Kingdom Investment Portfolio Matt. 6:19-21, 2Cor.9:6

Introduction: A portfolio could be described as a group of things, most especially valuable assets that a person holds. There are different types of portfolios: Creative portfolio which includes a set of pieces of creative work intended to demonstrate a person’s ability. Investment portfolio which shows the assets held by a person in an organization which include his or her stocks and other forms of assets. Kingdom investment portfolio could therefore be described as the assets, or treasure that a Christian has in his or her heavenly account. According to our bible text, Christians are advised to lay up their treasures in heaven where they are safe. How can I build my kingdom investment portfolio?  The moment your surrender your life to Jesus, you are accepted by heaven and an investment account is open for you where every of your good works (treasures) are recorded. Rev. 20:12. It is therefore necessary that as believers while we are still here on earth ensure you invest...
Read more

ABIAKUM MACBETH ESSENTIAL INGREDIENTS FOR A VICTORIOUS CHRISTIAN LIFE: Bible Ref. Eph 6: 10- 18

LESSON INTRODUCTION: Essential ingredients for a victorious Christian life are those things that the believer must have or possess if he must live a life of victory. 1Peter 5:8-9 warns us about the devil who is busy going about like a wounded lion looking for whom to destroy.  To have victory over the enemy is not to attack him but rather to resist him. To resist the devil means to give one’s self to his wiles, clever schemes, antics, tricks, manipulations. OUTLINE 1: INGREDIENTS NEEDED FOR A VICTORIOUS LIFE: ·          Truth: You shall know the truth…..set you free. This is because the devil is the father of all lies and deception is a cheap track for the believer. ·          Righteousness: Righteousness exalt a nation but sin is a reproach – Prov.13:34 ·          Peace: My peace I leave with you… not as the world giveth John 14:27 ·  ...
Read more

ABIAKUM MACBETH SYMBOLISM: Bible Ref: Gen 2:7-9, John 3:14-17, Gal. 5:16-25

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: A.      To show how Adam missed it in the Garden of Eden as a result of sin (disobedience) and how that singular act of rebellion denied him accessed to the Tree of Life. B.       To show how the foundation of Christianity was laid through Faith in Jesus Christ and how anyone who wants to eat of the Tree of Life must come to God by faith. Symbolism is simply the act of using objects or symbols to represent an idea. Symbols are mostly used when trying to explain an abstraction. Jesus Christ in most of his teachings used symbols to explain the mystery of heaven. From our bible text, we are told that the Lord God formed man out of the dust of the ground, then breathed into his nostrils the breath of life and the man became a living soul . Man is therefore made up of three parts: dust (flesh), spirit (breath of life) and the soul. The bible further explains that the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Ed...
Read more