Everything you have was given to you by the hand of God!

10/18/2017

Therefore David blessed the Lord before all the assembly, and David said:
“Blessed are You, Lord God of Israel, our Father, forever and ever, Yours, O Lord, is the greatness, The power and the glory, The victory and the majesty; For all that is in heaven and in earth is Yours; Yours is the kingdom, O Lord, And You are exalted as head over all.
Both riches and honor come from You, And you reign over all. In Your hand is power and might; In Your hand it is to make great and to give strength to all. 1 Chronicles 29:10-12 NKJV

David put together the plans and gathered the materials to build the temple of God. He prepared the way for His son Solomon to complete the construction. David knew he was charging his son with an awesome task. It was a task only God could complete.

David praised God saying, “O Lord our God, all this abundance we have prepared to build You a house for Your holy name is all Your own.”

God has a lot to say about money. One of the things God says about money is that it is all His. He gives it to whomever He pleases.

Standing before Israel David praised God for the privilege of giving himself to the work of God. He acknowledged that what he is giving to the Lord already belongs to Him.

These verses give us a clear view of David’s priorities. He did not praise God for making Him king of Israel. He did not praise God for making him rich and famous.

David praised God for His greatness, His power and His majesty. He praised God for the privilege of serving Him. David knew everything He had was given to Him by the Lord. David knew everything he accomplished was done by the hand of God!

Everything we have today was given to us by God. We should praise Him for it.

You may not have much. You may be struggling. Praise God for what you do have. You have exactly what God wants you to have today!

God has a purpose for giving us exactly what we have. He is teaching us to seek Him and serve Him regardless of our resources. God wants us to honor Him in our time of plenty just as David did. God wants us to honor Him in our time of need as well.

Our circumstances do not change God’s character!

God is faithful to meet all of our needs all of the time. In the quietness of your own heart thank God for what He has given you. He will give you what you need when you need it so that you can seek and serve Jesus!

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Jesus can use you to shake the foundations of the prison and set people free!

Now it happened, as we went to prayer, that a certain slave girl possessed with a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much profit by fortune telling. This girl followed Paul and us, and cried out, saying, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us the way of salvation.” And this she did for many days. But Paul, greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he came out that very hour. Acts 16:16-18 NKJV

The slave girl was speaking the truth. She was possessed by an evil spirit. The evil spirit was drawing people away from Christ!

This attack came as God’s servants went to prayer. The enemy of our souls attacks when we step out in faith. Satan seeks to distract us. He wants us to focus our attention on things other than Jesus.

The devil perverts the truth. He uses it against us. No one can serve two masters. This girl was speaking the truth about Paul and his companions while practicing witchcraft. When people claim to speak for God we must consider how they live.

The girl followed the disciples for several days before they cast the demon out of her. It is important for us to wait on the Lord before stepping out in faith. The bible tells us Paul was greatly annoyed by this girl. Paul was not fearful. The Lord was with Him!

Paul and Silas were put in jail. The owners of the slave girl were angry at the loss of income when the demon was cast out of her. While Paul and Silas were in jail they shared the gospel with the jailer. His entire household was saved.

God uses Satan’s attacks for His glory and our salvation!

Satan is a real being. He takes people captive to do his will. There really are demons who seek to destroy God’s people and bring destruction to our world.

We have nothing to fear from the devil or his demons when we live according to God’s will. We have nothing to fear from anyone or anything when we step out in faith to serve Jesus!

Jesus wants us to fear Him and Him alone. He wants us to know His power and authority are unequaled in all of creation.

God wants you share the gospel of Jesus Christ with the people in your life. Jesus wants you to walk in great boldness because He is with you everywhere you go!

Jesus can use you to shake the foundations of the prison and set people free!

Everything you have was given to you by the hand of God!

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