Glory Being Unto God Alone

• 'The king of Sodom said to Abram, "Give me the people and keep the goods for yourself". But Abram said to the king of Sodom, "I have raised my hand to the Lord, God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth, and have taken an oath that I will accept nothing belonging to you, not even a thread or the thong of a sandal, so that you will never be able to say, "I made Abram rich." (Genesis 14:21-23)
• Here we see that after a battle, the king of Sodom wanted to give Abram the loot. However, Abram rejected the loot. And we can see that the main reason for this is that no one will be able to say they made Abram rich.
• This is one thing that we must learn. That we must always seek God in all the needs of our life. Sometimes, blessings may come not from God, so we must be very alert as to not accept them. Why? So that all glory will be unto God and no one else when our needs are met.
• It may sound very stupid. Imagine your financial situation is very tight, you need money badly. One of your friends struck lottery and decided to give you some money to help you out. You did not ask for it, it was a volunteery action by your friend. Will you accept it? I believe many people will. But we need to be alert here. This blessing is not from God, therefore we must not accept it. How could striking a lottery be from God? We need to pray hard and seek God, and when God bestow His blessings upon us, all glory will be unto God alone.
• Why must we be alert in this? Because the devil, Satan, can bestow "blessings" into our lives too. Take note here though, these "blessings" are not real blessings, as they do not come from God. Because they do not come from God, they will not have a positive effect on our life.
• You see, if we start to accept lottery gifts, we will soon forget that our blessings should come from God. We will stop giving glory to God, but give glory to lottery instead. God will not bless us through gambling. Thus, we will start to be further and further away from God. This is what the devil wants to achieve and we must not let it happen!
• Therefore, we must be alert when we receive blessings, so that we can give all glory unto God, and that no one can say that other things blessed us. We must pray hard for God's blessings and know it when it comes. Accept only God's blessings so that no one, the devil included, will be able to say that they have made you rich instead of God.