Scripture:

Proverbs 3:9-10

Honor the Lord with your possessions,
And with the firstfruits of all your increase;
10 So your barns will be filled with plenty,
And your vats will overflow with new wine.

Who & What We Worship

Jesus said: "For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." Here, Solomon uses the 

Hebrew word for honor (kabed), which means to make weighty, glorify, to recognize the true worth of someone.  Why is it important that we give our time, our treasure (tithe), and our talents to God?  Well, this verse tells us it is because we recognize the true worth of the Lord in our lives and we would do anything we could to get this: "Honor Him!"    Solomon is pointing us back to what Jesus was saying in the Sermon on the Mount: "Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."   What has your attention, has you... The question the text is bidding you this day is: "Does He have your heart?"   Does it reflect in your giving, your serving, in your time? 

Two truths:

1. God does not need your money; He created and owns everything and has the power to create what He needs. 
2. He just wants your heart, and He knows where you are invested; that is where you are committed. 

Then he goes on to say:

So your barns will be filled with plenty,
And your vats will overflow with new wine

Meaning your faithfulness will reap a harvest, it produces not just material things, but spiritual in your life, new wine, a refreshing of the Holy Spirit, your life will be filled and refreshed.

The God shot, the takeaway is that we would examine the checkbook of our life, where we are investing, sowing our time, treasure, and talents.   Do "kabed" honor the Lord? Does He have our hearts, do we find our true worth in HIm?

Lord, keep us near you, help us always do a spiritual check-up in our lives, examining what has our hearts where we spend our time, our treasure, and our talents, keep us near to you.  Help us to value you above all things, in Jesus' name, Amen!