Ytd I went for CG at JianDa's house, during praise and worship session, I sense God's prompting on the word I shared last wk during testimony time. So sensing the prompting, I flick to that verse and wait upon the Lord for understanding!
The verse I shared is taken from Psalm 50:14-15
Offer to God the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and pay your vows to the Most High,
And call on Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you,
and you shall honor and glorify Me.
In this verse, it shared abt how we can offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving.
1. We need to first offer thanks for wat God had done in our lives, in doing so we are paying our vows to Him.
2. In return, it says we can call on Him in day of trouble, He will surely deliver us.
3. When He had deliver us, we will honor and glorify Him.
Den I start to ask God how do we offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving. He brought me into remembrance that when the early Israelites offer sacrifices in the wilderness, the steps of offering up the sacrifices:
1. Find an animal without blemishes. (decision).
2. Kill the animal and drain out the blood. (cleansing).
3. Separate the body parts and fats. (sanctification).
So God pointed to me to the next chapter of Psalms in Ps 51:10-17
10 Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me.
11 Do not cast me away from Your presence, And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.
12 Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, And uphold me by Your generous Spirit.
13 Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, And sinners shall be converted to You.
14 Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God, The God of my salvation, And my tongue shall sing aloud of Your righteousness.
15 O Lord, open my lips, And my mouth shall show forth Your praise.
16 For You do not desire sacrifice, or else I would give it; You do not delight in burnt offering.
17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, A broken and a contrite heart — These, O God, You will not despise.
Over here in verse 10, we see that we shld make a decision to have a clean heart to follow after God. which is similar to decision making to follow God and a decision to be cleansed by God's Blood. When we ask God to create a new heart, we are also humbly come b4 God for forgiveness and like a child seeking his father's love. It is likens to offer a sacrifices without blemishes and being humble b4 God. In verse 17, it also mention abt being broken and contrite towards God.
When you are humble, broken and contrite, you will be able to be shaped by God easily and He will be able to mould you and lead you into your destiny.
Understand another key is that God owns everything but why do He still need your sacrifices to Him?
It is very simple as God want you to be grateful of the things He blessed you. When you know how to be appreciative of the things you will also learn to care for His ppl. In doing so, you become a channel of blessings and God can continuously poured His blessing over your lives and He knows that you will always poured it out to others and be a blessor like He is.