Right Sacrifices

Are you making sacrifices for God and His kingdom. This is good if it is right sacrifices.

Psalms 4:5 - "Offer right sacrifices,  and put your trust in the Lord.

When we look in the Old Testament, they offered many sacrifices to the Lord. Yet, not all sacrifices were equal in the eyes of the Lord. Not all sacrifices were right and pleasing to Him. We this with Abel and Cain. 

Genesis 4:5-7 - "but on Cain and his offering he did not look with favor. So Cain was very angry, and his face was downcast.⁶ Then the Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry? Why is your face downcast? ⁷ If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must rule over it."

We could look at many examples through out the O.T. of sacrifices that were not pleasing to the Lord. As believers, it good when we are willing to make sacrifices, but are the right sacrifices. Some Christians make great sacrifices seemingly for the kingdom of God, but in reality they are doing it for their kingdoms. Sacrifice alone is not enough, but what is the motive behind the sacrifice. God was not pleased with many of the Israelite's sacrifices because they were given with wrong motives. They were given only to appease Him, but not in repentance. They were only giving God lip service. They often were not given in the manner prescribed by God. Often they would give the sacrifices to see what they could get from God.

Maybe you are making sacrifices for the kingdom of God, but in reality you are doing it please others, seek others praise or to build your own kingdom. God wants sacrifices that come from a repentant and clean heart. I believe sometimes we make unnecessary sacrifices, ones that He has not required.

Let us give right sacrifices.