Proverbs - The First Fruits

Proverbs 3:9-10

  Honour the LORD with thy substance,

and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:

  So shall thy barns be filled with plenty,
and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.

                    How might we dishonor the Lord with our substance?  What is on the television we purchased?  What is in our grocery cart?  Do we spend more of our substance on clothing ourselves that we might be glorified rather than looking for ways to bring Him honor with our substance?

                    The firstfruits means just that.   The first of everything our lives yields.  Our time, our money, our energy and anything else He has so graciously allowed us to bear.  Do we give the government the firstfruits from our paycheck in taxes, then our bills, and then the leftovers for the Lord?  We must be searched and really bring by force the firstfruits to the Lord however He may direct.  There is a great promise here regarding such a priority.  Some people say they cannot give regularly to their local church because their barns are barren but perhaps that is why their barns are barren.