Is it really an act of faith to give 10% only after all your other bills are paid? What does it say about our priorities if we pay all of our bills first and then give whatever pocket change is left over to God?
If you want to be zoned in, if you want to experience life in the blessed place, that first portion is the one that blesses the rest. The first portion carries the blessing.
People may claim, “Yeah, God is number one. He’s first. Jesus is Lord of my life!” But talk is cheap. And tithing is the litmus test. It’s tests whether we are willing to put our money where our mouth is. It is a tangible witness that God is first. If you say that God is first in your life, show me your checkbook. That’s where the rubber meets the road.
Again, I’m not talking about tithing because God needs the money. I’m delivering these truths for your own sake. God doesn’t need you to give. He asks you to honor him so that he can bless your life. I’ve never met someone who tithed regularly who was not blessed. For God not to bless your life as you are faithful to his commands would go against his unchanging nature.
He asks you to bring the tithe because he is on your side. Remember, God is for you, not against you. I’m going to keep reiterating that theme until it’s tattooed on your heart. God desperately wants you to live in the zone, and the only way that’s going to happen is if you honor God with the first part of your wealth.
Fellowship Church Grapevine – Because God says in His Word time and time and time and time and time again we are to remain pure for one person of the opposite sex and we can have sexual intercourse once we say “I do” before God and make that covenant with Him.
