Dedication mean consecrated to God‘s service, is more properly applied to the “setting aside” of something for a special and sacred purpose. It also means making public declaration of dependency on God as a giver of a gift for wisdom, strength and grace to manage that which is given by God.
And he brought into the house of God the things that his father had dedicated, and that he himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and vessels. Chr. 15:18
The start of returning or acknowledging God as the giver of a thing is returning the gift back to God by dedication. Got a new house, new car, new facilities. Let’s return it to God together in dedication.
According to scriptures, we don’t only dedicate babies, we also dedicate gift and vessels.
Which also king David did dedicate unto the LORD, with the silver and gold that he had dedicated of all nations which he subdued; 2 Sam. 8:11