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Kingdom
Kids devotions authorize Jesus’ LORDship
over our lives.
Proverbs
3:9: “Honor the LORD with your wealth, with the
firstfruits of all your crops.”
Wealth is the Hebrew word “honecha.” However, the Hebrew word “chonecha” means
talent. Talent can be confusing. The lesson linked below teaches about money
called talent, a coin worth more than a thousand dollars. Jesus is the man who praises ones who gain
more money. Yet, Jesus criticizes another
who buried money in a hole in the ground.
Honecha can be given to the LORD as firstfruits. We think of our take-home pay as wealth
today. Before our take-home paycheck is spent,
Christians are commanded to give a 10th to the LORD. God doesn’t NEED our money. Our obeying and giving His kingdom a 10th
of our wealth shows that we trust Him to provide whatever we need.
A different meaning for talent is a person’s special ability,
or gift. This is what the Hebrew word
chonecha means. We’re called to serve
our God with talents and treasures that He placed inside us before we’re
born. Each person has at least one
talent. This gift is what we’re
especially good at doing. We find that
our lives are fun when we use our talents.
Serving God with our talents is not
“showing off”. Those who sing or dance
well, or play a musical instrument MUST perform,
or they’ll burst. God never gifts people
to serve where they’re not happy. God’s
gifts can be hidden and not obvious.
Those whose gift is organization can serve by arranging things, people,
or straightening up clutter. Some people
are inspiring. Their gifts lift up others
to shine brightly.
People who know
their talent must serve God or others while they’re alive. Some who’re embarrassed, hide their
gifts. They often get ill because they
don’t use their gifts. Some are like
Jonah who tried running the opposite direction from where God calls them to
serve.
Let’s choose to fulfill our destinies by using our gifts for
God’s kingdom today.
Jesus has been “coming soon” since the Bible was written. He never separates our choosing to live for
Him by serving others and His rewards (Revelation 22:12, 20). He’s never been closer to His second coming
than now. Only the foolish think that Jesus
won’t return to earth soon. Even Jesus
says only the Father knows when (Matthew 24:36).
Jesus may arrive in a blink of an eye.
What will you have to show Him when He comes?
Take
Home Nugget
Matthew 16:27 shows
Jesus announcing, “For the Son of Man is going to come in His Father’s glory
with His angels, and then He will reward each person according to what he has
done.”
J.D. Griffith
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