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Mensa Otabil - God Deserves to be Honoured


Mensa Otabil - God Deserves to be Honoured
TOPICS: Word to Go, Honor

The preacher teaches from Proverbs 3:9-10 that honoring God with our possessions and especially the firstfruits of all our increase demonstrates true honor, and God promises in return to fill our barns with plenty and cause our vats to overflow with new wine.


Honor: The Foundation of Our Relationship with God


Proverbs chapter 3, verses 9 and 10: «Honor the Lord with your possessions, with the firstfruits of all your increase. So your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will overflow with new wine.» Our relationship with God is based on honor. As a matter of fact, when you read the Bible, you will find that all the commandments of God are designed for us to show honor to Him and honor to other people.

Why God’s Commands Are All About Honor


So when God says, for example, «You shall have no other gods before Me,» it is so that we honor Him as the only true God. If He says, «You shall not steal,» it is so that we honor the property of other people, ensuring we do not wrongly dispossess them of what they have worked for. So the laws of God are designed to bring honor.

What Does It Really Mean to Honor God?


And in our passage today, the Bible says that we must honor the Lord. Here it gives us clear ideas of what we must do to honor God. To honor simply means to offer something that is weighty and worthy. It must be weighty. It must be worthy. So when I say I am honoring you, what I give to you must have weight. It must have some depth to it, and it must be worthy.

Honor Must Match the Person’s Worth


It must measure up to who you are. That is why the honor you give to one person is not the same honor you give to another person. The honor you give to a child may not be the same honor you give to the parent of the child. The honor you give to me is not the same honor you give to God because we have different weights. God’s weight is far greater than mine—immeasurable.

Are You Truly Honoring God with What You Give?


So when we are honoring God, we must be able to weigh whether what we are doing truly represents the value of who God is. The passage tells us that we must honor God with our possessions. In other translations, it says with your substance. Basically, your possessions are all that you possess or things that you have been able to acquire.

Give God the Best—Not the Leftovers!


We honor God with the things that we have acquired. Of course, we honor Him for things we have not acquired, like our lives. We did not acquire our lives, but we honor God with our lives. When we work with our labor and acquire possessions, they must also be used to honor God. Then it says we honor God with the firstfruits of all our increase.

Firstfruits: Why God Deserves the Very Best


The term «firstfruits» means the best part, the topmost part, the most worthy part of a portion. When we are honoring God with something, it has to be something that is weighty. How do we know it is weighty? Because it is the best part of what we have. We do not give all the parts away and leave the leftovers for God. That is not honoring God.

A Childhood Mistake We Still Make Today


When I was a kid, we would go to church and give God a half penny or one peso, thinking it was acceptable. We believed that since it was church, we should give what was left over, what we could not use. If God is the source of all that we have, then what we honor Him with must be the best of all that we possess.

The Best Should Go to God First—Not the Bills!


The best should not go to our television bill. The best should not go to the bills we pay. The best of what we offer to God must be better than everything else we offer. So, honor the Lord with your possessions and with the firstfruits of all your increase.

God’s Incredible Promise to Generous Givers


Then He says that when you do that, He will cause you to be filled and will bring you an overflow. Your barns will be filled with plenty. In other words, when you give to God, you never lack. It has been said that givers never lack and you can never outgive God.

Why Not Put God to the Test Today?


So why not obey this instruction and command from God to honor the Lord with all your possessions and with the firstfruits of all your increase? If you try Him in that, your barns will be filled with plenty. Let us talk to God.

Let us pray. Say with me: «Heavenly Father, all that I have is Yours. Teach me to honor You with the best of all I have, in Jesus' name. Amen and amen.»