What does God owe us? After all, many of us have been faithful to him for a long time. Doesn’t that put him in our debt in some way? Jim Denison tells about a church member who complained after a poor diagnosis, “How could God let this happen to me?”
Be wary of a quid pro quo, transactional relationship with God. Listen to the beauty of Paul’s doxology. We are not smarter than our omniscient God. He owes us no explanation. In fact, he owes us nothing. We have not put him in our debt, because everything we have to give to him came first from his gracious hand.
Since our whole life comes from God, we will do well today to give our whole lives back to him today. Our chief purpose is to glorify God and to enjoy him forever.