It’s Not What You Have, But What You Do With What You Have

When David prayed in 1 Chronicles 29, he recognized that everything we have comes from God. The gold, the silver, the strength, and the very breath in our bodies are not ours to claim. They are entrusted to us for His purpose. That truth is hard for many to accept today because we live in a culture that prizes ownership, power, and self-gratification. Yet the Word reminds us that we are only stewards. Nothing we hold belongs to us.

In our nation, abundance has become both a blessing and a burden. Many have more than enough while others struggle to meet their most basic needs. We are surrounded by waste in a world filled with want. When we take more than we need, someone else goes without. That is not stewardship, it is imbalance. The heart of this passage reminds us that giving is not just charity; it is worship. You can give without worshiping, but you cannot worship without giving, because worship is surrender. It is acknowledging that God is the source and that we are caretakers of what He provides.

Faith that has not been tested cannot be trusted, and our faith as a people is being tested right now. We are being asked to examine how we use what God has placed in our hands. Do we share it to build others up, or do we hold it to build our own comfort? Blessings were never meant to stop with us. They were meant to flow through us. Gratitude protects the heart from greed, and generosity restores balance where excess has taken root. God expects from us only what He has already given, and when we give it freely, we remind the world that every good thing still comes from Him.