Christian Devotional – December 20, 2020

Before the Silence, #2

Commit and don’t be halfhearted. As the book of Malachi continues, we see the concerns that God mentions. Read Malachi 1:6-10.

“A son honors his father, and a slave his master. If I am a father, where is the honor due me? If I am a master, where is the respect due me?” says the Lord Almighty. “It is you priests who show contempt for my name. “But you ask, ‘How have we shown contempt for your name?’ “By offering defiled food on my altar. “But you ask, ‘How have we defiled you?’ “By saying that the Lord ’s table is contemptible. When you offer blind animals for sacrifice, is that not wrong? When you sacrifice lame or diseased animals, is that not wrong? Try offering them to your governor! Would he be pleased with you? Would he accept you?” says the Lord Almighty. “Now plead with God to be gracious to us. With such offerings from your hands, will he accept you?”—says the Lord Almighty. “Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors, so that you would not light useless fires on my altar! I am not pleased with you,” says the Lord Almighty, “and I will accept no offering from your hands.
Malachi 1:6‭-‬10 NIV
https://bible.com/bible/111/mal.1.6-10.NIV

Are we giving God our best? If we are not committing ourselves to Him, He knows it. We can fool ourselves and others, but we can’t fool God. Are we worshipping him and bringing all we are to Him?