A gift for God?

God told the Israelites to celebrate feasts and rejoice. It’s interesting that it was a command to be joyful. Sometimes the world’s negativity can steal our joy and make it difficult to rejoice. I think God put these feast in place to combat the negativity. During three of the feasts , he required them to bring a gift to give to God. The gift is supposed to be in proportion to the size of the way God has blessed you. This made me think, what gift would I bring to give to God? (a good attitude, a joyful giving heart, thoughtfulness of others.) What would you bring? Giving has definitely been an area of challenge for me. I’m so grateful for my wife who loves to give and bless others. She has taught me so much. Giving requires trust in God. Trust that he will replenish what you give. I love how the New Testament reading today shows that Jesus fulfills this. There were 5,000 hungry people. Jesus was able to feed them with 5 loaves of bread and 2 fish. It’s awesome that God can and will meet our needs. Finally, I love God’s command to the King to write the law and read it every day. The king was supposed to write the law and meditate on it every day so he wouldn’t get arrogant and think that he was better than others. What is your plan to put God’s law on your heart? My prayer today is that I can bring a gift to God in proportion to what I believe he will bless me with, instead of what he has already blessed me. Also that I can remember and put his law on my heart.