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DAILY DEVOTIONAL SUNDAY NOVEMBER 17, 2002
(Malachi 1:1-9)

Here is the Lord's message to Israel, given through the prophet Malachi:

"I have loved you very deeply," says the Lord.

But you retort, "Really? When was this?"

And the Lord replies, "I showed my love for you by loving your father, Jacob. I didn't need to. I even rejected his very own brother, Esau, and destroyed Esau's mountains and inheritance, to give it to the jackals of the desert. And if his descendants should say, 'We will rebuild the ruins,' then the Lord of Hosts will say, 'Try to if you like, but I will destroy it again,' for their country is named 'The Land of Wickedness' and their people are called 'Those Whom God Does Not Forgive.'"

O Israel, lift your eyes to see what God is doing all around the world; then you will say, 'Truly, the Lord's great power goes far beyond our borders!"

"A son honors his father, a servant honors his master. I am your Father and Master, yet you don't honor me, O priests, but you despise my name."

"Who? Us?" you say. "When did we ever despise your name?"

"When you offer polluted sacrifices on my altar."

"Polluted sacrifices? When have we ever done a thing like that?"

"Every time you say, 'Don't bother bringing anything very valuable to offer to God!' You tell the people, 'Lame animals are all right to offer on the altar of the Lord--yes, even the sick and the blind ones.' And you claim this isn't evil? Try it on your governor sometime--give him gifts like that--and see how pleased he is!

"'God have mercy on us,' you recite; 'God be gracious to us!' But when you bring that kind of gift, why should he show you any favor at all?'"

Are you robbing God? Those who have put their faith in Christ, and accepted God's free gift of everlasting life, understand that God has given His very best in offering Jesus as a sacrifice for our sins. He gave it all in order that we would have a way to be reconciled back to our creator and live for eternity with Him. God gave His very best, but each day, do we give our very best to Him?

The priests in the Old Testament were often guilty of offering up to God during their sacrifices, the worst crops, the worst animals, the bare minimum they could. How often are we guilty of the same behavior. Today, we don't follow the Old Testament laws, but our daily sacrifice is our lives.. our time...our talents. How many days do we do the minimal amount for God, giving Him less than our best????

All I am trying to do is to get you to realize that God has done so much for us, and we get comfortable doing the least amount for Him in return. We grudgingly go to church to be fed spiritually, we complain about giving to those causes which God is using to bless people, we hesitate to volunteer our precious time to help others. We live our lives in a way to give God as little as possible.

Pray today, that you might begin to give God your very best. He has blessed many of you with incredible talents to do many things. Don't hoard those talents for your own benefit, but use those talents for the benefit of the Kingdom. He hasn't blessed you so you can hold onto those blessings, but that you might in return bless others. Give God your very best today.

I love you and care about you so much. I will be praying for you. Praying that you will spend a few minutes giving thought to how much more you could, and should be giving God. He gave His very best for you, is it to much to ask for you to give your very best to Him? Trust me, you can't outgive God. The more you give, the more you receive. Don't hold back, don't hang on, God gave it to you so that you could use it to give to others. After all, when this life is over, the only thing any believer should want to hear is, well done, thou good and faithful servant.

May His richest blessings be with you today. I will be praying for you to open up and give your very best to God today... and every day!!!

In His love and service,
Your friend and brother in Christ,
Bill Keller

If I can help you in any way you can contact me through my personal email
at bkeller@liveprayer.com.

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