Psalm 50It has been popular among the ranks of evangelical Christians to encourage people who have financial needs to ask God because he owns “the cattle on a thousand hills.” That quote comes from this psalm, and it was not given to encourage prayer for finances. It was given to discourage the people of God from presuming that their sacrifices have bought them favor in God’s sight. The idea was that those sacrifices themselves mean nothing to God because he does not need them. He owns everything. What he wants is a people who will truly be thankful for him, and take his word seriously, living righteously.
LORD, we will not try to impress you with our gifts. We simply want to know you, and to live by the words of your Gift to us … Jesus Christ.
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