Sacrifice Your Thankfulness

Through my devotions today I received a good lesson on why we tithe or give to the Lord, and I thought that it was very appropriate for this time of year. These are the verses that I came a crossed, along with my reflections of these verses.

"14 Make thankfulness your sacrifice to God, and keep the vows you made to the Most High. 15 Then call on me when you are in trouble, and I will rescue you, and you will give me glory."

"23 But giving thanks is a sacrifice that truly honors me. If you keep to my path, I will reveal to you the salvation of God."

Psalm 50:14-15,23

Before today I never thought thankfulness as a sacrifice that we can give to God, but it is a crucial part of the equation of giving. The Bible tells us that God created the world and everything in the world is his, therefore we can not give him anything that he needs. We give to remind us of our obedience, we give to show our faith, we give to help others, and lastly we give to show God our thankfulness for all that he has provided for us. So that if we require a need to be filled we can call on his name and he can rescue us.

Sacrificing our thankfulness has much significance and we must not forget to do it out of love. For his ultimate sacrifice was the greatest act of love that we will ever receive, and provides us much to be thankful for. The equation for sacrificing our thankfulness is simply this; Give out of thankfulness to show and receive love, so that the Lord's glory and salvation may be revealed back to us.