Nobody on the face of this earth has the power and authority to give us to God, but we ourselves. What an honor it is when He accepts us and, in return, bestows upon us all that is His.
When we were saved, we gave Him all that we had. It wasn’t much, but it was all we could give. What more important thing could anyone give to God than himself? Ourselves plus our time is all we have to give.
Once we do that, then everything else we give to Him becomes an honor. Even though the tithe is His from the start, when we bring to God what is His, He counts it as an honor. Why? Because He is honorable.
God Is Honorable
When the Lord says, “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you,” He is not saying that just so He can boss us around. He is saying it to enhance the quality of our lives. He knows that if we practice the Golden Rule, doing unto others as we would have them do unto us, eventually we will be surrounded by people who are doing the same thing to us. That’s a spiritual law. Whatsoever a person sows that shall he also reap.
A sword has two edges on it. There is an uncanny system of balance in God’s plan. It doesn’t matter how long or how hard anyone may fight it, it can’t be stopped. Watch it over the years. It may not happen instantaneously, but it will happen. The hundredfold return has a front side and a back side. All Scripture does. Every scripture that will bless also will curse.
The Word of God says we will have what we say. It does not say we will have only what we say that is good. It just says we will have whatever we say. Now, this comes to play very seriously in the study of living honorably before God and man. When you and I act in honor, or honorably, even if we have to swear to our own hurt, we bring our heavenly Father on the scene.
God says that whoever honors Him will be honored by Him (1 Samuel 2:30). Honor is a powerful spiritual force. It is an act of the will, an act which triggers covenant realities.
Our will is what governs our life, not our spirit. I like to illustrate it the way God illustrated it to me when I was a young boy.
