Exodus 35:5 Take ye from among you an offering unto the LORD: whosoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it, an offering of the LORD; gold, and silver, and brass, Exodus 35:29 The children of Israel brought a willing offering unto the LORD, every man and woman, whose heart made them willing to bring for all manner of work, which the LORD had commanded to be made by the hand of Moses. What a beautiful picture of offering to the great and mighty God, Exodus 35 is. When God has shown Himself, it makes us want to give unto Him from our substance. Our hearts, we bring. The parts of us that are useful to Him and the parts that are able to be given. The willing heart gives, first himself and then his substance to the Lord. Some of us have much. Some of us have differing parts of ourselves and public and private offerings to give to the Lord. Some of us have little, perhaps only money and nothing else. But God stoops to receive our offering, as though we were children. He does not despise the "willing heart". He created the "willing heart". He made it willing. The Blood of Jesus cleanses and sanctifies the offering and makes it fit for the Master. Our Father shows us how and where and what to give of ourselves to Him.
Help us, Lord to respond to Your goodness with a "willing heart". Amen.
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