How do we thank God for his generosity?
Honor the Lord with your wealth and with the first fruits of all your produce; then your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will be bursting with wine. Proverbs 3:9-10
Generous Father,
How kind and generous you have been with us!
You have [blessed us in the city,
blessed us in the field,
blessed the fruit of our womb,
the fruit of our ground,
and the fruit of our cattle…
You have blessed our basket
and our kneading bowl.
You have blessed us
when we came in
and when we went out.] (See Deuteronomy 28:2-6).
Protect us, Lord, from the temptation to believe
that our money belongs to us.
Help us to remember always
that you are the giver of all good gifts.
Help us to return to you
a healthy portion of what you have first given us.
In so doing,
we may find our barns filled with plenty
and our vats bursting with wine,
or we may not.
But we will most definitely know
the profound joy of being freed
from the “love of money,”
which can lead us
to greediness and self-destruction. (See 1 Timothy 6:10).
Even more, may we treasure most
the inheritance of grace we have in your Son,
our Savior, Jesus Christ.
In his sacrificial name we pray. Amen.
Read Proverbs 3:9-10; Deuteronomy 28:1-14; 1 Timothy 6:10.
