When the offering plate was passed in church a little boy reached quickly into his dad’s pocket, grabbed his wallet, and tossed it in just as the plate passed on by.
“Why did you do that?!” the stunned and panicked dad asked,
“The preacher said that everything belongs to the Lord and I just figured you forgot!”
Everything does belong to the Lord. In 1st Corinthians 10, Paul quoted Psalm 24 to remind us that: “The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it;”
I have come to know and experience that as a completely freeing truth. Not only that but coming back to this truth is a reset for any times I find myself spinning in anxiety. The earth is the Lord’s.
Father, I bring it all to You today. Not just my wallet but my heart. Take what I have – it’s already yours – and use it to your glory. Bless me with Your comfort and strength as I surrender all to You. -Amen
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