I love my leftovers. Chinese, Thanksgiving dinner, Ribs, and Pizza are a few of my favorites. Whereas I love leftovers, I am certain that God doesn’t enjoy them. Yet, there are times when we find ourselves offering our Great King stuff we have already devoured. It is easy for us to cut corners and offer God and others “leftovers,” “just enough” and shoddy service, isn’t it?

I think we get careless and reckless in our worship and service because we begin to question and doubt his love for us, we forget that he is the great King of Universe, and we become too familiar with handling holy things.

Man, I don’t want to be like the priests and people in Malachi (1:6-14), guilty of the evil crime of offering God sacrifices that a human superior would not accept. He is insulted when we just go through the motions, or when our devotion is turned into duty.

I have decided to live in this book for the next several weeks and let Malachi’s words wash over my heart. Join me in asking the following questions of the sacrifices of your body (Romans 12:1-2), your money (Philippians 4:14-18), your praise (Hebrews 13:15), your good works (Hebrews 13:16), and your witnessing to people who are far from God:

1. Am I giving my best?

2. Am I giving to God first?

3. Is my giving to God costing me anything?

I believe God is calling me to a conscientious spirituality – one that thinks about and changes the attitude and motives of my sacrifice and one that thinks about and increases the quality and cost of my sacrifice.

What other areas of sacrifice can you add to the list? When are you most tempted to offer God leftovers? Which of the five areas above do you need to evaluate and offer God a better sacrifice?

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5 Responses to “leftovers”

1. MERC says:

   December 5, 2009 at 8:12 am

   Such a great reminder I do see an area I can truly work on and stop making excuses.

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2. Jessanangel says:

   December 11, 2009 at 3:34 pm

   Guilty as charged. lol However, when I realized God gives me His best, (and it is evident everyday of my life) I decided that I had to start and and continue throughout each day giving Him praise, lifting Him up, and drawing nigh unto Him. And as I type this comment I know it’s HIM that made me read this blog post because as the semester got closer to the end and assignments piled up, the demands of also being a working, single-mom have caused me to dole out a little less than my best to Him lately.
   God bless you and yours, Pastor Marvin, for this reminder.

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3. shayskin says:

   December 23, 2009 at 8:08 am

   Thank you Pastor Marvin,
   I need this remind today becuase I have given leftover. The same is with my eating leftover I dont need them I just dont like to see waste so I eat them now I need to give this to God This is what I was taught as a Child so now I need to give up childdess thing Keep me in your prays

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4. bethanyF says:

   January 11, 2010 at 10:05 am

   Yeah, I am guilty of giving leftovers. I especially feel so when it comes to money. I feel very greedy sometimes or am always counting my pennies. I want to offer God my crumbs when he is so good to me. Recently I was approved to get my medications for free because of my incomve level and no insurance coverage. I owe God so much for blessing me with that area of concern. God does miraculous things!

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5. Elaine says:

   February 27, 2010 at 2:56 pm

   Thank you Bro Williams! This is a inspiration for me to become more aware of what I offer God in sacrifice and praise. And it will be the topic for my segment of our radio broadcast on Sunday. May God bless you and may we ever be found giving God our first fruits and not our “leftovers” in all that we do. PTL, LOL in Jesus

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