"Empty Hands" -Too

"Remember his marvelous works that he has done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth; O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen." (Psalms 105:5-6)
They say that there is more than one way to skin a cat, but don't tell my wife I mentioned that, please. As far as the tithing thing goes, the tithe was established before the law was given; so it is not really excusable to use the, "we are not under the law" excuse, that so many try and use. Abraham was the one who established the tithe; and who do you think that it was that he gave his tithe to? I could go on, but this is really not specific to tithing, that was only an example of one way to worship; to give back to the One that has given so much, so much that we could never ever repay Him for what He has done for us. What can you give Him that He does not already have? (Not yet, it's still to early.) Whether called or chosen, there is still something there that requires our response. It's like that word "submit," which Paul uses in Ephesians 5:22, "Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord." The word appears to be so demanding, as if it is to put the wife in the submissive role. But it is more about responding, which is why Paul goes on to explain that "the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church, and he is the saviour of the body." That reminds me, if Adam was there, then he was neglecting his role, letting Eve be the head; wow, I might need to give that a little more thought. Anywho, there is something there in the association between the wife needing to submit to the husband, and the church needing to submit to the Lord; with the word submit meaning that there is a response! And it is not a response that even needs to be thought about; it's a response that is a response! He loves us, we love Him back, that kind of response! All of those sacrifices that the LORD was speaking about, those are given for our benefit to be in fellowship with the LORD. As such, if we desire His fellowship, then it is something we do; which is why the LORD says, "you refuse to ask for my help, and you have grown tired of me." Instead, we end up being like the friend that only calls to ask for money; when our lives seem to be falling apart, that is when we bring Him our sins and our faults; not to seek His fellowship, but to get our lives back on track...
"For I pass on to you what I received from the Lord himself. On the night when he was betrayed, the Lord Jesus took some bread and gave thanks to God for it. Then he broke it in pieces and said, "This is my body, which is given for you. Do this to remember me." In the same way, he took the cup of wine after supper, saying, "This cup in the new covenant between God and his people -an agreement confirmed with my blood. Do this to remember me as often as you drink it." For every time you eat this bread and drink this cup, you are announcing the Lord's death until he comes again. So anyone who eats this bread or drinks this cup of the Lord unworthily is guilty of sinning against the body and the blood of the Lord. That is why you should examine yourself before eating the bread and drinking the cup. For if you eat the bread or drink the cup without honoring the body of Christ, you are eating and drinking God's judgment upon yourself. That is why many are weak and sick and some have even died." (1 Corinthians 11:23-30) NLT