Psalm 24a

November 23, 2015 Monday Message:

“The earth is the LORD’s, and everything in it.” Psalms 24:1a

As humans, we tend to want to own things and control things. Someone once wrote, “When we die, whoever has the most toys – wins!” That was intended to be a joke, but it’s a sad commentary on our relationship with the Creator.

In our land of free enterprise, many people believe that what we earn is ours. We use OUR dollars to buy OUR house, OUR car, OUR clothes, OUR food and OUR toys. The more successful we are, the bigger are our toys. If a church or a charity needs help, most people look to their “leftover” dollars, with the attitude of, “I have everything I want – and a few dollars left-over for God!” I got mine, and God comes after that.

This whole attitude changes if we take a moment to acknowledge God as the creator of EVERYTHING! He made the earth, separated the oceans from the land, the light from the dark, and in fact created our galaxy, our entire universe. God also created humans, made us in His image, male and female. The truth is, the earth is the LORD’s, and everything in it! This was true 3,000 years ago when David wrote Psalm 24, and it’s still true today.

So instead of taking everything you want and giving God the left-overs – or – thinking everything is yours and letting God have 10% — admit that everything belongs to God, a God who is loving, a God of generous provision who wants to make sure that you get 90%! Give thanks for God is good!

Don’t accept more than 90% from God. That’s what the Bible says.

Norton Lawellin

Let’s worship together! Jesus in the City Fellowship (JICF) gathers at 10 a.m. every Sunday in the North end (gym) of the Oliver Ministry Building, 2647 Bloomington Ave., Minneapolis. This Sunday, Nov. 29, I’ll open up the Advent season as we prepare for our LORD coming to earth as a little baby! See you at church!