TOPIC: SACRIFICE: What To Know About Sacrifice: Make God The Focus Not Man (12)
MEMORY VERSE:
Hebrews 13:15-16.
“15. By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.”
“16. But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.”
BIBLE READING:
Acts 5:1-3
“1. But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,”
“2. And kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles’ feet.”
“3. But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?”
Thinking Point:
Every sacrifice should be seen as being presented to God not the man receiving it (he/she is just a medium).
Today, I pray for you that while presenting your sacrifice, may you not be distracted in Jesus Name, Amen.
There is a cry going across the world presently which is ‘the focus on giving by believers’. Many sees it as a form of making God’s servant rich and accumulate wealth. Many speaks against tithe, gift or sacrifices which has caused a lot of division, even between the so called Men of God. The focus shouldn’t be on the man of God but on God. Believers who knows what they are doing will never deter from following the scriptures to the latter. They will not be distracted by what people say about becoming wealthy. This is that fact, God doesn’t welcome sacrifice of blood of animal again but that doesn’t mean no more sacrifice. In old testament those who receive the burnt sacrifice are men of God and for every sacrifice brought to the temple, the priest and the Levites have their share from it. In this dispensation, every sacrifice is presented at the altar and those who work at the altar benefits from it because God is their portion. When you present your sacrifice to the Lord, let your focus be on God not the man serving at the altar because this is where the distraction comes in.
God doesn’t spend money neither does he eat anything presented to Him. It’s the portion of His servants, so when the focus of your sacrifice is on the servant of God, that’s where it end. Sacrifice is not to please men but to please God. Ananias and sapphire’s focus were on the Apostle and not God. Their sacrifice was to gain what people will say about them and not to please God, I pray for someone today, your sacrifices will not work against you in Jesus Name, Amen. When you go with your sacrifice, make God the focus, stop expecting the praise of the men or other members who saw your sacrifice. You are giving to God through His servant not giving to God’s servants. Keep this in mind, your sacrifice is to God through God’s servant and not directly to God’s servant. Make God the focus not the man at the altar.
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