Imagine you went into the strong room of the richest man in
the world and stole $2 (Two Dollars). Is that not ridiculous? If you are to
steal from such a rich man; are you not supposed to take what will turn you
into a “local Champion” in your own neighborhood?
Unfortunately, the richest man in the world is a poor man
compared to who some of us are stealing from; God! “Will a mere mortal rob God? Yet you rob me” Malachi
3:8
God owns the “cattle on a thousand hills”; the bible also
says “the earth is the Lord and its fullness thereof”. Do you know what “its
fullness thereof” means? To my little
knowledge, it means EVERYTHING in this world belongs to God! Wow! My
imagination is running wild!!!
Why do we then rob God (and block our own blessing) by withholding that tiny part of our
income? How do we think the 90% of our income will be insufficient in meeting
our needs when you have read in the bible of;
·
5 loaves
of Bread and 2 Fishes used to feed more than 5 thousand people
·
The small jar of oil that filled several bigger
jars for the widow and her 2 sons’ survival.
·
Water turned to wine for wedding guests to be
merry
to mention a few.
Please let us read Malachi 3: 8-12 and know what we have
missed by withholding that tiny part of our income from God who promised to “throw open the floodgates of
heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to
store it”. This will show us that we have been
RIDICULOUS THIEVES. We have deprived ourselves from amazing gifts by robbing
God.
Right now, let us go on our knees and ask God to forgive us
for being thieves of our own blessings, let us ask God to open our hearts to
give our tithes of 10% and even more than 10% regularly henceforth, let us also
ask God to remind us of the amount we owe him so far and let us go into that
safe, that account, in short, where we keep our monies and bring out that
amount due to our God and take it to HIS HOUSE and we will see God manifest in
everything concerning us.
SHALLOM!!!
It is unfortunate that lots of people are ridiculous thieves who have been missing more than they could ever imagined...
ReplyDeleteOne thing I always ask people to view about money that God allowed to flow into their custody is, "What if God did not even give/provide you the money in the first place...?" It means you remain in penury.
Now, He asks us to release just a fragment of it for Him to even do more than we could ever imagine... People find it difficult to release... Anyway, that is why many remain in tight positions/situations, because they refuse to pay their tithe.
I pray that God will open our hearts and hands accordingly. It takes Grace Ayobami.
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