Today Is for Freewill Offerings of Praise

“With a freewill offering I will sacrifice to you; I will give thanks to your name, O LORD, for it is good.” —Ps. 54:6

When the psalmist offers freewill offerings of praise, it’s a though he’s telling God: I’m not required to do this, but I want to do this. I’m not required to make this sacrifice, but I want to make this sacrifice. And Jesus, I believe, loves freewill offerings of praise.

I want to consider with you what might be a freewill offering of praise. Jesus accepts that we are weak and weary, that we offer simply what we can. Just living in this sinful world and fighting evil in our flesh and the evil against us is enough to send us to our knees.

A freewill offering of praise is a special point of communion between us and Jesus. It is truly a special concept, and I believe that’s how the psalmist meant it. It’s as though we are saying: what can we do to especially honor God simply because we want to and simply because of the loving overflow of our hearts toward Him? If we choose a difficult path in life because we believe it will make us more faithful to Jesus—He accepts this as praise. If we accept His loving reception of our freewill offering, He is especially praised, I believe. What a wonderful thing—to have a Saviour so willing to rejoice over us.

Don’t you want to hear His voice like that one day—a voice that rejoices over us? I do. I certainly do. Now, what is it for you—any freewill offering in your heart today?