All things come from You, and from Your hand we have given You. (1 Chronicles 29:14)
Everything comes from God
God—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—created everything and sustains everything. All things belong to God. Whatever we give to God was His before we had it, and when we gave it to Him, it remained His.
For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. (Romans 11:36)
He Himself gives to all people life and breath and all things. (Acts 17:25)
Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow. (James 1:17)
He gave land to the Israelis. (Genesis 13:15, e.g.)
He gives rain and other gifts to produce crops. (Deuteronomy 11:14-15; Psalm 85:12, e.g.)
He gives food. (Psalm 136:25, e.g.)
He gives rest. (Matthew 11:28)
He gives the power to create wealth. (Deuteronomy 8:16-18)
God gave His children Himself
But, most stunning of all, God gave His children, Himself. The Son died for us. The Holy Spirit lives in us.
Jesus Christ is a gift.
Jesus answered and said to her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water. (John 4:10)
We, His children, are justified
For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God. (Ephesians 2:8)
[We are] justified as a gift by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus. (Romans 3:24)
We, His children, have been given eternal life.
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 6:23)
Whoever drinks of the water that I will give him shall never thirst; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life. (John 4:14)
We, His children, have been given His Holy Spirit.
Repent, and each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. (Acts 2:38)
We, His children, have been given spiritual gifts.
Since we have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, each of us is to exercise them accordingly: if prophecy, according to the proportion of his faith. (Romans 12:6)
As each one has received a special gift, employ it in serving one another as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. (1 Peter 4:10)
He gives His children only good gifts
If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give what is good to those who ask Him! (Matthew 7:11)
Some gifts to His children are contingent on us
Delight yourself in the Lord; and He will give you the desires of your heart. (Psalm 37:4)
For the Lord God is a sun and shield; The Lord gives grace and glory; No good thing does He withhold from those who walk uprightly. (Psalm 84:11)
We need to go to Him in humility and ask.
Give us this day our daily bread. (Matthew 6:11)
We need to give back what He gives us
Out of all your gifts you shall present every offering due to the Lord, from all the best of them, the sacred part from them. (Numbers 18:29)
We are given all we need
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ. (Ephesians 1:3)
His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence. (2 Peter 1:3)
I thank my God always concerning you for the grace of God which was given you in Christ Jesus, that in everything you were enriched in Him, in all speech and all knowledge, even as the testimony concerning Christ was confirmed in you, so that you are not lacking in any gift, awaiting eagerly the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ, who will also confirm you to the end, blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is faithful, through whom you were called into fellowship with His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. (1 Corinthians 1:4–9)
We need to give Him thanks.
Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift! (2 Corinthians 9:15)
Praise the Giver
Praise God—Father, Son, Holy Spirit—who is a generous, gracious, giver. He created all things, and in His love and mercy, gives…and gives…and gives. God, thank You for life, and the opportunity to serve You with the gifts You have given me. Thank You for sustaining me now into eternity, and giving me Your power to serve You. Thank You that You have already given me everything I need to live righteously and to handle the hard times that come my way. Please help me learn to rely on You, Your power, and not myself. Father, thank You for the incredible, indescribable gift, of Your Son and Your Holy Spirit. I am overwhelmed with Your awe-inspiring gifts. Please help me give back to You what You have given me.
