Exodus 23:16,20: "Celebrate the Feast of Harvest with the firstfruits of the crops you sow in your field . . . . See, I am sending an angel ahead of you to guard you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared."
In this Exodus account, we find that the Israelites were traversing the wilderness in route to the Promised Land. God assured them that He would provide for their protection as He would lead them to this land of blessing. In turn, God commanded that the people honor Him with the giving of their best (i.e. the firstfruits) back to Him as an expression of faith and thanksgiving.
Because the Lord is the Sovereign One, who has offered to us through Jesus Christ the blessing of eternity with Him (the TRUE Promised Land), don't you think that He deserves the very best from us in response? Are you giving to the Lord the firstfruits of your life, your time, your money, your all?
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