Give God Your Firstfruits...Joyfully!

            Have you had your Joy Juice today?  Drink it first so that you’ll be prepared for what’s in store for you today!

            We never know what our day will bring!  It could be a day filled with challenges; it may be just a normal, hum-drum day; or it may be a day filled with unexpected JOY! 

            What’s the first thing you think about when you wake up?  Do your thoughts immediately turn to negative things or do you first of all thank God for another day to serve Him.  He wants our “firstfruits”!  The scripture in Proverbs 3: 9-10 says: 

Honor the LORD with your wealth,
   with the firstfruits of all your crops;
 then your barns will be filled to overflowing,
   and your vats will brim over with new wine.

            Honoring the Lord with our “wealth” means much more than just our money and our material possessions!  It’s honoring Him with ALL that He’s blessed us with…our ability to think, our talents, our skills, our hearts’ desires.  The “first” of everything should be given back to Him.

  At the beginning of each new day, let’s take the first few minutes to honor and praise Him! When we get into the habit of doing that, our spiritual barns will be filled with JOY in the Lord and we will find ourselves “overflowing” into other’s lives with His love.  I like to think of the “new wine” that’s mentioned in that passage as the JOY JUICE of JESUS! 

     Let’s honor the Lord with our “firstfruits” and we may just find ourselves drinking some extra-delicious JOY JUICE!