Rerouting Tribute

When God sends blessings our way, we should use them for His glory.   #daybydaylw   Interested in learning more about becoming a devoted follower of Christ? Go to follow.lifeword.org!   ~~~   But the author doesn’t want you just to see the dominance of David in this passage. He also wants you to see the dedication of David to the LORD. We are told, beginning verse 7, that David acquired much wealth through gold, silver, and bronze as a result of the victories he had won. Part of it came as the bounty of war, and part of it came as other nations began to see the dominance, and they wanted to either thank David for destroying their enemies, or perhaps they didn’t want to be next on David’s list. So in order to show homage, they send gold, silver, and bronze. But did you notice what David did with it? “These also David dedicated, together with the silver and gold that he dedicated from all the nations subdued, from Edom, Moab, the Ammonites, the Philistines, Amalek, and from the spoil of Hadadezer the son of Rehab, King of Zobah,” (vs. 11). So instead of hoarding wealth and taking care of only himself, David is dedicated to humility of self and worship and honoring God. It would have been easy for David to think that he was deserving of these tributes and offerings since was the King of Israel. But David understood who was the One truly deserving of honor. What do you do with the blessings that come your way? Do the end with you? Do you see them as what you deserve? Or do you humble reroute the honor and praise and generosity to God?