It is easy to get caught up in the mindset that all that I have is mine and I can do whatever I want with it. That is what the world teaches. I can just as easily latch on to the tithe concept as taught today, which is to say that I give the local church 10% and then everything else is mine to do with as I please. Another common excuse is “I am not wealthy, but when I am, then I will give to God”.
God, however, wants your heart. He wants you to love Him rather than money. Ultimately He has provided everything you have… either directly by intervention on your behalf or indirectly by creating you with the gifts and abilities you possess and use to earn money. It all belongs to Him. It is right to honor the Lord from your wealth… even if you don’t consider yourself wealthy.
9Honor the LORD from your wealth
And from the first of all your produce;
10So your barns will be filled with plenty
And your vats will overflow with new wine.
God wants us to trust Him and rely on Him. He wants the first of all we produce, not the leftovers. Proverbs 3:9-10 is not a “magic formula” you use to control God to give you more money. That is not Biblical. We give our heart to God and thus we honor Him faithfully with the first of what we have, whether we have little or much. We trust God to provide. When we live trusting and loving God rather than money we will prosper. It is through trusting God and applying His instructions to our lives that we find contentment… satisfaction that we have enough… plenty… more than we need. If we constantly compare how much wealth we have to others rather than trusting God’s provision we will never have enough. There is always more money to earn and more things to buy with it.
Trust in God to provide. Follow His instructions… He wrote them down to help us. Pray for His help. Learn to honor Him with the first of your wealth and trust He will provide what you need.
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