1 Chronicles 29:14 Meaning and Explanation
“But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee.”
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Read Full Chapter →David marvels that he and his people could give at all, confessing that all things come from God and they have only returned to Him what was His own.
What Does 1 Chronicles 29:14 Mean?
In the midst of triumph David turns humble. He asks who he and his people are that they should be able to give so freely, and answers his own wonder: everything came from God in the first place.
'Of thine own have we given thee' is the heart of all stewardship. We cannot truly give God anything; we can only hand back what He first placed in our care. This dissolves every trace of boasting in our generosity and turns even our largest gifts into grateful acknowledgment of His prior grace.
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What does 1 Chronicles 29:14 mean?
David marvels that he and his people could give at all, confessing that all things come from God and they have only returned to Him what was His own.