My Balanced Life Family,
Are you a thief? Do you steal? Your first response, if you are a Christian, should be of course not. Let’s look at the scripture. "Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings." Malachi 3:8
As Christians we are required to pay tithes. The word tithe means one-tenth. That means that one-tenth of your pay check or your increase belongs to God. Actually, it all belongs to him, but he requires us to give one tenth back. Then there is your offering, but we’ll talk about offering in another blog. Let’s concentrate on tithing for now.
Often times, people don’t have a problem paying tithes when they don’t make a lot of money, but when that check starts growing, the tithing obligation does as well. That’s when the devil begins to tell you to “Use your head and be reasonable”. “Are you really going to pay 7, 8, 9 hundred dollars in tithes?” “You need that money.”
You must remember that ten percent doesn’t even belong to you. That’s only ten cents out of a dollar, but if you spend it, you’re a thief. You’re robbing God!
Don’t let the devil fool you. You can’t afford NOT to pay tithes. Read Malachi 3:9 "Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation." He’s speaking of those who fail to tithe. That means you won’t receive the blessings that a tither would receive, so don’t even look for them. You'll be cursed. If you pay tithes the scripture says that God will "open the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it." Malachi 3:10 That means you’ll have more than enough.
So don’t let the devil fool you. Don’t be a thief. Don’t rob God. Pay your tithes!
