God will bless you if…

Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the LORD of hosts. Malachi 3:10‭-‬11 KJV https://bible.com/bible/1/mal.3.10-11.KJV

Our lives would be so much better if we would give God His tithe from your paycheck. The first ten percent of your money has always been God’s. Your money is given to you from the Father in heaven, don’t cheat Him out of blessing you. The problem with our interpretation of tithing is usually the last ten percent of our income or whatever is left after we pay our bills. God never asked for your leftovers, He wants the first fruits. The first ten percent before your bills get paid.

I know, today we have automatic withdrawals that take some of our income out even before we get it. But God deserves the first part, even if there has been some taken out. Truthfully, I’ve had trouble with this advice. I mean…life gets in the way sometimes and you just can’t give like you want to or rather in the way you know you should. God loves us and He takes care of us even when we don’t give the way we should but I think it would be much better if we did give our tithes the way the Bible tells us to.

I am going to begin to do this from this point on. I’ll let you know how His blessings flow.