Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good! Psalms 34:8
Honor the Lord with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your produce; then your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will be bursting with wine. Proverbs 3:9-10

Heavenly Father, for so long, my relationship with you wasn’t something that was characterized by “tasting good.” For so long, it was religious duty. For so long it was burdensome, boring, and heavy. Over the last 10 years or so, I have “tasted” and I have “seen.” It has gone from a cerebral understanding to an experiential knowing of your goodness. Thanks for this gift! Thanks for this desire from you to know that you are good in this way! Keep me persistent in this pursuit. Help me not be satisfied with a version of you that I cannot taste or see. Keep my affections strong. Keep my affections “white hot.” You are worthy. You are the only truly “tasteful” thing worth me feasting upon.

Lord, help me to honor you with my financial resources. Help me to worship you with my money. Help me to put you first with my financial resources and not last. Help me to give you my best and not my leftovers. There is a promise of always having enough and even more when I emphasize honoring you with my money. Help me to see the wisdom in this. Help me to lead others to see the wisdom in this. You are the giver. You are the provider. Help me to not behave with my money like that’s not the case! It’s all yours. I am merely a steward! I love you Lord. I thank you for this time today in your Word. I thank you for relationship with you. I am so fulfilled in it and by it. I pray all of this in Jesus name, Amen.