1 Chronicles 29

But who am I, and who are my people,
That we should be able to offer so willingly as this?
For all things come from You,
And of Your own we have given You.
15 For we are aliens and pilgrims before You,
As were all our fathers;
Our days on earth are as a shadow,
And without hope.  vv.14-15

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David's last words recorded in First Chronicles are ones of praise to God.  There has just been a gracious freely given offering of the leaders to the Lord which causes David to praise.  He knows that everything they offered was the Lord's to offer back to Him.  Kind of ironic sounding but how true it is.  Every good gift is from God (James 1:17) and all that the Israelites had was from God, so what they offered to Him was what was His.  I kind of think of it like a little child getting cookies from their parents and the child gets a big smile on their face offering one of the (possibly slobbered on) cookies to their mom or dad and how happy those parents get for the offer even though they were the ones that bought the cookies.   So back to David, he knows that all he has is God's and all he is is dust and his time but a shadow on earth.  He knows there is nothing we can take from this world holding on to hope of what we acquired or achieved.  There is no avoiding death.  Yet because of God they have an eternal hope and so do we because of Christ Jesus, His Son.   Do you see God as being the provider of all good things and are you willing to give Him back those things?  Knowing life is short, but a shadow, how can you choose to live for the eternal hope you have in Christ?