ALL BELONG TO GOD

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In Christ, Mark

The scriptures. May God bless the reading of His holy word.

The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it. The world and all its people belong to Him. For He laid the earth’s foundation on the seas and built it on the ocean depths.

Psalm 24:1-2 (NLT)

This ends this reading from God's holy word. Thanks be to God.

Think about the things you have for a minute.

Within the walls of where you live are many of those things you have. You know the things I am talking about. They may be your possessions: your furniture, your television, your electronic gadgets like your gaming system, or computers. You have lots of stuff in your home, stuff that belongs to you.  

Maybe you have a car or two in a garage or sitting in the driveway of your property. That car gets you from point A to point B and typically you have things in your car like the music you like to listen to or maybe a charger or other accessories for your phone. You might have tools or other items in your trunk. Everything in the car belongs to you. It is your property.

Perhaps you have a spouse and/or children that live with you. They are precious to you and you love them very much. You take all measures to watch over them and protect them, not just because you love them, but because it is your responsibility to do so. They have been entrusted to you by God and thus in a way belong to you by merit of delegation.

There’s little doubt we can relate to having a place for the things we value, a place that is ours as well as everything in it.

Now consider this on a grander scale, like creation, and not even all of creation but just a part of creation. For in the 24th Psalm, David reminds us of the domain of God and the vast nature of that domain. We may assume accountability and responsibility for the things that belong to us but compared with the Lord, our realm looks awfully meager. We might own our little pieces of the rock but we must keep in mind that we have a divine property manager who owns THE rock we’re on: earth.

David tells us so when he writes, “The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it. The world and all its people belong to Him.” We might have stuff but God has us. We belong to Him and no other. We solely belong to Him because He made us and blessed us with the lives we have. God brought us into His creation and at His appointed time, He will take us out of it. We have no say in the matter because we belong to Him.

Go back to where I talk about the things we have and reconsider the matter of family. We might have a spouse and/or children but we don’t own them. Why? Because God’s word in the 24th Psalm tells us. All people belong to God. There is no debate here and we have no right to question God when a spouse or child dies. They belong to God and He will draw them back to Him when He chooses. We need only feel blessed that we were granted time to have them in our lives, time granted by God Himself.

Yes, God builds the foundations of our lives by first building us and then building us up through family and other relationships. After all, God is in the foundation building business. David goes onto tell us that God “laid the earth’s foundation on the seas and built it on the ocean depths”, such was the amazing power of His creative, almighty hands.

Indeed, God built everything, all that we know and all that we see. Think about that and you can’t help but stand in awe and wonder before Him. Think about it as well and you can’t help to be comforted and trending toward being at peace.

Why?

Because this God with the power to make all things is the same God that is for us. And if He is for us, then truly who could stand against us? (Romans 8:31) The answer is no one because no one has the power and authority of God. No one. God has no rival or no adversary. Nothing and I mean nothing is beyond the works of His hands.

Without a doubt, our good news today is that we belong to God, we ALL belong to Him. We belong to a God who loves us and cares for us more than anyone else we know. And this God of Creation, with all His power and might, is not only for us but also with us, alive and well right where we live, ever ready to guide us, direct us, correct us, and transform us into the people He wants us to be, the people He created us to be.

Yes, God has truly given us all we have. He has blessed us beyond belief, despite our sinfulness, overflowing our respective cups with His grace, mercy, and love. He sustains us and through His Son Jesus, He saves us. And He does it because we belong to Him.

So what do we do in return? Do we acknowledge this sovereign Maker of all things, the One we belong to? Do we take the time to thank Him for all that He is and all that He does?

Friends, God has given us everything. Don’t you think we should give Him our all in return as a sign of gratitude?  

Amen.

In Christ,

Mark

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