Do you give God your best?

This morning I woke up refreshed and ready to go.  I am sleeping better and I wanted to get up and have some quality time with the Lord.  Sometimes I find myself giving him what is left and not my first fruits.  We tend to do that don't we?  We convince ourselves that we will spend time with him when the rush of the day is over, when our minds are clear and we can consentrate.  Well, I am lying to myself.  My mind is so full of what happened that day I can't give him my best.  I now have the frustrations of the day, the business of the day going around and around in my head that my mind wanders.  I am also so tired that I can't seem to think straight.  The t.v. is on in the other room and flopping on the couch and vegging out sure does seem appealing. God wants my best.  That is not to much to ask, he gave his best for us.  He didn't give us his leftovers.  He gave us himself, the best, nothing held back.  How is it then that we think it is o.k to give him our worst?  We could never even begin to give back to him what he deserves.  We could never praise him enough, study enough, pray enough so it seems the least we could do is give him the best of what we do have, our time. The truth of it is, our time is not our own.  It doesn't belong to us, it belongs to God.  Christian or non Christian, it is his.  I challenge whomever reads this to give him what rightfully belongs to him, our first fruits, our bes.