Psalm 99

Psalm 99 
Revised Standard Version (RSV)

  I don't think that many of us pay our taxes with enthusiasm.  We offer our tributes, but we'd much rather keep that money for ourselves, and we may doubt if the government's use of it is the wisest and best choice.  We may not have full respect for the government.
  The picture we get here with God is that when we see God in his glory, when we recognize his power and majesty and glory and might and grace and love and mercy, we're overwhelmed with a desire to honor God, and so we give our tribute willingly--we give our praise and our money and our time and our energy to serve and honor God, because we recognize all that is good about God.  God reigns from heaven, and he reigns for us, pouring out love upon us.
  So we give back willingly, in the hopes of honoring God, crying out to the world around us that God is good and worthy of our praise.

May we make time to worship God in the midst of life