King David had everything he wanted but yet it wasn’t enough. He was living the dream in the eyes of others
but in his own eyes he grumbled and groaned.
Ungrateful and bored he sought after another man’s wife and went from bored
to broken in no time. King David wrote
this psalm after his heart was broken.
He understood that he had lots of monetary things he could place on God’s
altar, but God wasn’t interested in his tithe and sacrifices. He was more interested in his heart, which
had become a place without compassion for his fellow man. David understood that the only way back to
restoration was through a broken heart and spirit. That was the price for God’s altar in this
particular season in David’s life.
I don’t care how seasoned we are as Christians we all have
times in our spiritual lives when our hearts become distant. This distance can lead to sin and destruction,
and neither tithe nor service is the offering God desires. Those things are
wonderful but they were never meant to take center stage in our relationship
with God. Our service and offerings are
the overflow of our worship through our relationship with God, not a guarantee
of the favor of God. God always desires
fellowship first, things second. The
most precious gift we can ever lay on the altar is a humble heart, surrendered
to God in all circumstances.
He is our Father and wants us to love and delight in Him
setting aside all of the formalities of everything else in life. When we come to Him in our broken and
contrite circumstances it gives Him the space to comfort and restore us…to parent
and nurture us…things that we cannot buy or obtain through our own doing. We must make space for grace...
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