To Tithe or Not to Tithe.......

Malachi 3:10 Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the LORD Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it.

For most of us the thought of parting with a 10th of our income, or a tithe, is unthinkable. That money is spent far before it every actually hits the bank account. God says to test him in this practice. Mind you this is the ONLY place it EVER says to TEST him. So do not take it lightly. My church did a series about Tithing over the past few Sundays and we followed up that message in our Community Group. I know I was personally moved to start up the practice and put my faith into action. To me an see-able act of the Faith I say I have in my GOD. Myself and Becky have husbands that would not eagerly join us in this so we had questions. Where from do we tithe? How much? Is my heart in the full tithe?

Becky was put to the test over the past couple weeks. She is employed and makes her own part of her households income. She struggled with handing the money over to God when she got paid and felt that there just was "not enough" money to meet all the bills. However, she did feel the conviction as she set aside money for a girly expenditure for her daughter. The decision was to not tithe this time. God pulled at her and pulled at her. Here God was gentle and loving to Becky. In the mail she found........ a check refund from a Dr. she had completely forgotten about for the EXACT amount she should have tithed.

Is God's lesson always this painless? No. Is God's lesson always this quick? NO. But in case you were wondering how much to tithe from your first income.... You now can see that he is faithful to give you what you need to have your needs met and some of the things you don't.

Moving that God moves in ways that we NEED to see.

Becky also has a mustard seed (of Faith but a real seed) taped to her bible and she infects me with the courage to keep praying cause that little seed of faith is all that I need to move mountains.