Everything Comes From God

For all things come from You, and of Your own we have given You.

1 Chronicles 29:14

James 1:17 tells us that every good and perfect gift comes from the Father. It isn’t earned; it’s something He decides to give. That’s why Deuteronomy 8:18 warns us to remember the Lord, “for it is He who gives you power to get wealth.” A businessman may think he is a self-made man, but the very power to succeed came from God. As Paul said in 1 Timothy 6:7 and 17, “For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. . . . [It is] God who gives us richly all things to enjoy.”

After one of the greatest offerings in history, King David had to actually tell the people to stop giving because they had given so much. After he had received the offering, David prayed these words, recorded in 1 Chronicles 29:14: “For all things come from You, and of Your own we have given You.” I love those words, for they remind me that anything I give to God is merely a giving back of His own abundant blessing. I’m simply giving back to God what He already owns.