Untouchable

476 - Today's Prime Time Devo comes from: 2Sa 8:6-14, “Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus; and the Syrians became David's servants, and brought tribute. The LORD preserved David wherever he went. 7 And David took the shields of gold that had belonged to the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem. 8 Also from Betah and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, King David took a large amount of bronze. 9 When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had defeated all the army of Hadadezer, 10 then Toi sent Joram his son to King David, to greet him and bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer and defeated him (for Hadadezer had been at war with Toi); and Joram brought with him articles of silver, articles of gold, and articles of bronze. 11 King David also dedicated these to the LORD, along with the silver and gold that he had dedicated from all the nations which he had subdued- 12 from Syria, from Moab, from the people of Ammon, from the Philistines, from Amalek, and from the spoil of Hadadezer the son of Rehob, king of Zobah. 13 And David made himself a name when he returned from killing eighteen thousand Syrians in the Valley of Salt. 14 He also put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom he put garrisons, and all the Edomites became David's servants. And the LORD preserved David wherever he went. (2 Sam 8:6-14) David enjoys a tremendous amount of success in subduing Israel's enemies, and with that success comes material gain. He receives tribute from the nations he conquered. He received “shields of gold, a large amount of bronze, articles of silver, gold, and bronze, more silver more gold, and spoil.” What did he do with these material blessing? He brought them to Jerusalem and dedicated them to the Lord. The idea of dedicated here is to make something holy. And lest you have forgotten the incident with Uzzah, when something is holy, it is untouchable. All this loot, that God had delivered into his hand was brought to Jerusalem, where it would remain untouched until Solomon had use for it to build the Lord's temple. The lesson for us is obvious. God has blessed us with many material blessings and He doesn't ask for all of it. He just desires that we, like David would set some aside as untouchable, holy, reserved only for the Lord's use. Whether it's a tithe, or more, learn to set aside a portion of your God-given income for His Kingdom purposes. Father, give us the resolve and self-control, to dedicate a portion of what You have given us to invest in Your kingdom