It belongs to God...

"The land, moreover, shall not be sold permanently, for the land is Mine; for you are but aliens and sojourners with Me."--Leviticus 25:23.  This verse is the beginning of a set of verses describing how the land is to be sold and bought.  There are specifics here because as the verse says, the land, it belongs to God.

It belongs to God.  Today, we live in a society that is so absorbed in what "belongs to them."  This is human nature.  We see this attitude manifest itself from children all the way through adults.  The very fact that we have to teach our children to share proves that this is true.  But again, we see it in adults as well.  We have people who refuse to give of their resources such as time or money, why? Because they think it all "belongs to them."

It belongs to God.  But there is something we all need to realize and that is that everything we have in reality belongs to God.

It belongs to God.  We know from James 1:17 that every good gift comes from above. Every good gift belongs to God.

It belongs to God.  So what are the good gifts you have? Is it money? It belongs to God. Is it a car? It belongs to God.  How about the computer you are sitting in front of to read this? Guess what, that belongs to God too. The point is all the good gifts in our lives belong to God.

It belongs to God.  So what does this mean? I am not here to suggest that since everything we might own belongs to God, we should go off and give everything we own to the church.  But that doesn't change the fact that it belongs to God.

It belongs to God.  The fact that every good gift we own belongs to God means that we need to be using those good gifts however we can for purposes of furthering His kingdom.  Why? Because it belongs to God.

It belongs to God.  So how can we apply this principle? Well, in practical terms here is what you can do. For example, with our computers, the internet, Facebook and other social media we can make it a point to talk about the gospel message with others via the internet.  You can also hear about additional ways to use technology for ministry by listening in on the weekly podcast of The Ministry Geek which is part of The Equip Network.  If you have a car, you can use that car to give someone a ride to church services or use it to provide transportation to a church event. Even your house and the land you live on belongs to God, so something you can do is host a church event or have that person you might be trying to share the gospel with over for a meal. And of course, we can't forget money. If you have a few extra bucks, put those few extra bucks in the collection plate this coming Sunday as opposed to spending it on yourself.

The point of all this is that all our good gifts belong to God. How will you use your good gifts?

DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT! PRAY ABOUT IT! LOVE Y'ALL! GOD BLESS!