Bible Question: why do we tithe what are the blessing that tithing bring to our lives |
Bible Answer: Reference Malachi 1:6-14: How do these versus directly relate to us today? We offer God unworthy sacrifices just as they did. They offered blemished animals and we offer ourselves half-heartedly. Romans 12:1 informs us that we are to be living sacrifices to our God. If we give God only our left over time and energy, then we are repeating the same sin as these worshippers did. What we give God, time, energy, money or whatever, reflects our true attitude toward Him. Our tithe and offering to our Lord should be our life. We should be giving Him His due honor, respect, worship and time. Sometimes we are led to believe that following God is supposed to make life more comfortable. God is not a God of convenience. It takes commitment and hard work to live up to God’s high standards. We will have to make certain sacrifices of our time and energy but what we do give up is nothing compared to what we gain, eternal life with God. Reference Malachi 3:6-15: How were the people robbing God? The same thing we do today, by withholding tithes and offerings. Now tithing to us is not the same as it was in the Old Testament when it was a ten percent offering. Now as Christians, we tithe out of love. Then, they tithed because of regulatory requirements. We tithe and offer today with our time, our money, our help to others, committing to God’s will and by doing His work. But we withhold, don’t we? We all have other things that we have committed to and there is nothing wrong in keeping those commitments. But we need to learn better allot our time. We can’t withhold ourselves from God. We can’t offer Him our left over time and believe that is acceptable. We need to wholly offer ourselves to God. Yes, it will take some sacrifices. Yes it can cause some hardships, but keep your eyes on the goal. The rewards are unimaginable compared to what we give to God, or tithe. Don’t rob God. We can’t sit back and ask what do we gain by serving the Lord either. We know what we gain. We should really be asking what good does it do for God if I serve Him. After all, He is God and He deserves our service. God even asks us to test Him in this. Give the whole tithe to Him and see how much blessing He pours out on us. And know that God stays true to His word. A tithe is obligatory giving. An offering is voluntary giving. Christian obligations (tithes) should become habit. The spontaneous extras we give above and beyond our obligations are offerings. When by faith, seeing nothing, we abundantly give tithes and offerings and our whole self to God, only then do we also experience that God pours out His blessings upon us. So much that it seems our hearts do not have the capacity to contain the Joy and satisfaction. We give tithes and offerings by faith out of love. God deserves the best we have to offer and nothing less. We should change our ways if needed. We should be sensitive to God’s refining process. We should tithe and offer all that we can and then some. There is no room for pride in the presence of God. WOS |
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