2 Corinthians 9:7 (ESV)
Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.

Offering is that which is offered, especially in divine service, something that is presented as an expiation or atonement for sin, or as a gift. a sacrifice, and an oblation dedicated to God.
Various kinds of offerings were specified under the Levitical system, and laws were given as to how the offerings were to be presented.
A lot of people assume that offering is only about money, it could be anything brought freely and cheerfully, a voluntary donation to the church or charity that goes beyond money.
An offering can be volunteered time doing God’s work to help humanity and not expecting any reward from a man.
The Lord has given us so much and everything we have comes from the Lord, we’re only custodians of His gifts. He instructs that we must never come into His presence empty-handed. We should therefore offer to the Lord as we desire and as laid on our hearts and wants us to do it willingly, not under compulsion or persuasion but from conviction of heart and spirit.
We’re a long way from the days of burnt offerings but there are still ways we can honour the Lord with our offering. Our offering should always be a sacrificial form like David said in 2 Samuel 24:24, he will not offer to the Lord what cost him nothing, even when offered to him freely, he was willing to pay for it.
We’ve put “volunteering” as an integral part of social-economic expectation in the marketplace; that is giving your time freely to an organization to boost your marketability, but nobody wants to give God anything for free, not their time, talent, skill, or money. We justify why we don’t give at all or why we give so little and expect God to keep giving us whatever we ask Him. The same measure we use to give the Lord our offering is the same measure we get out declares Luke 6:38.
I sat next to a minister once during the offering, and I was shocked when he pretended to put something in the offering basket, another time, it was a minister who took out £1 for offering from a wallet full of notes. As a minister, I don’t have a right to ask people to give generously if all I can offer the Lord is nothing or a £1, if you won’t like people giving you something without value, why do expect that your heavenly Father will accept your thoughtless token remnant? Our best should always be offered to God as demonstrated in John 12:1-8.
Your contribution to the work of the gospel is through your offerings according to Exodus 25:2.
Whatever you offer to the Lord, be sure that it is done with reverence and piety when you give freely and willingly to the Lord, you increase says Proverbs 11: 24: you’re not giving to man but to God- let your offering be a pleasant smell to the Lord.
Your thanksgiving is an offering says Psalm 50:14. Offer to the Lord what He deserves and pay whatever vow you make in thanksgiving; remember that your offering is a seed of service to God and humanity and whatever you offer to God is not yours but God’s to begin with.
Shalom