Daily Devotion

Thank God we do not need to do animal sacrifices. Jesus is the only sacrifice that we will ever need. They offered a lot of animals on the altars under the Old Covenant. God had set that up but in Ps. 50:10-15 He points some things out. He didn’t need their animals. He owned every beast and the cattle on a thousand hills. If He was hungry, He wouldn’t tell them, the whole world was His and everything in it. Would He eat the flesh or drink the blood of bulls or goats? This wasn’t the point of the offerings. The idea was they were to:

“Offer to God thanksgiving, and pay your vows to the Most High.” (v 14)

They we’re giving thanks for the things they had and we’re returning a portion of what they had to Him to pay Him honor. It was not just a duty but an act from the heart. When they did this, they could call upon Him and He would deliver them, and they would give Him even more glory. Are we thankful? Are we honoring Him with our resources? We don’t need animals to do that. We just need the right heart.

Pastor Roger Dean

Psalms 48-50