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Evening, May 23 | “You have bought Me not sweet cane with money.” —Isaiah 43:24 (NASB)

This Morning's Scripture Reading: Isaiah 43:22-24 (NASB)

Yet you have not called on Me, O Jacob;
But you have become weary of Me, O Israel.
You have not brought to Me the sheep of your burnt offerings,
Nor have you honored Me with your sacrifices.
I have not burdened you with offerings,
Nor wearied you with incense.
You have bought Me not sweet cane with money,
Nor have you filled Me with the fat of your sacrifices;
Rather you have burdened Me with your sins,
You have wearied Me with your iniquities.

Devotional Video Transcript:

Worshippers at the temple were apt to bring presents of sweet perfumes to be burned upon the altar of God: but Israel, in the time of her backsliding, became ungenerous, and made but few votive offerings to her Lord: this was an evidence of coldness of heart towards God and his house.

Does this never occur with you? Might not the complaint of the text be occasionally, if not frequently, brought against you? Those who are poor in pocket, if rich in faith, will be accepted nonetheless because their gifts are small; but, poor one, do you give in fair proportion to the Lord, or is the widow’s mite kept back from the sacred treasury? The rich believer should be thankful for the talent entrusted to him, but should not forget his large responsibility, for where much is given much will be required.

But, rich one, are you mindful of your obligations, and rendering to the Lord according to the benefit received? Jesus gave his blood for us, what shall we give to him? We are his, and all that we have, for he has purchased us unto himself — can we act as if we were our own? O for more consecration! O for more love! Blessed Jesus, how good it is of you to accept our sweet cane bought with money! Nothing is too costly as a tribute to your unrivaled love, and yet you receive with favor the smallest sincere token of affection! You receive our poor forget-me-nots and love tokens as though they were intrinsically precious, though indeed they are but as the bunch of wildflowers that the child brings to its mother.

Never may we grow stingy towards you, and from this hour never may we hear you complain of us again for withholding the gifts of our love. We will give you the first fruits of our increase, and bring you offerings of all, and then we will confess “all things come from You, and from Your hand we have given You.” (1 Chronicles 29:14)

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