Proverbs 3:1-12 (KJV)
1 My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
2 For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.
3 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
4 So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
5 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
7 Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
8 It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.
9 Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:
10 So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.
11 My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:
12 For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
How can we honour GOD? Here we have an example of how we can do this practically. It is by giving to Him.

Everything comes from GOD and He does not need anything but giving shows our heart attitude. It is something that costs us. “Acts 17:24-25 (NKJV) God, who made the world and everything in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands. [25] Nor is He worshiped with men’s hands, as though He needed anything, since He gives to all life, breath, and all things.”

Giving to GOD is not something done out of compulsion. It is actually being thankful to Him. All he really wants is us being thankful to Him. To offer a sacrifice of praise. Giving from the things we have is an act of worship if we have the right heart attitude.
“Psalms 50:7-15 (KJV) Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God. [8] I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me. [9] I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy folds. [10] For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills. [11] I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine. [12] If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof. [13] Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats? [14] Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High: [15] And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.”

“Proverbs 11:24-26 (KJV) There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. [25] The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself. [26] He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.”

When we are generous GOD in return will be generous with us and we will have all we need. “So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.”

Therefore be encouraged that when we decide to honour the LORD by giving, let us do it with thanksgiving in our heart and as an act of worship to Him. “2 Corinthians 9:6-7 (KJV) But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. [7] Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.”

For the study of the other verses refer to:
V1-2: https://missioncommunities.network/2025/01/13/remembering-gods-word-2025-01-13/
V3-4: https://missioncommunities.network/2025/01/14/sticking-with-mercy-and-truth-2025-01-14/
V5: https://missioncommunities.network/2025/01/15/trusting-the-lord-2025-01-15/
V6: https://missioncommunities.network/2025/01/16/acknowledge-the-lord-2025-01-16/

V7-8: https://missioncommunities.network/2025/01/17/gods-wisdom-2025-01-17/

V9-10: https://missioncommunities.network/2025/01/18/honour-god-2025-01-18/

V11-12: https://missioncommunities.network/2025/01/19/disciplined-by-god-2025-01-19/