I Have Robbed Someone
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"Will a man rob God? Yet you rob Me. But you ask, 'How do we rob You?' In tithes and offerings...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 you will not have room enough for it." -Malachi 3:8, 10
Guilty.
There was a time in my life when knowing and doing what God wants me to do, were two different things. I literally and physically stole from God.
I was raised with the knowledge that EVERYTHING is a gift from God, and one thing He asks in return is a tenth of your income, a tithe. My sister and I had chores that we were responsible for doing around our house. I also had a part-time job at a local driving-range. I made pretty good money for being in high-school, playing on the baseball team, and being involved in other extracurricular activities. So every Saturday night I would get my tithe ready. I would figure out 10% of that week’s income, fill out my tithe envelope, and usually stick it in my Bible so I didn’t forget to bring it to church. But, something would happen to me on Sunday mornings; an overwhelming sense of greed and covetousness would come over me.
You know how I talked about honesty in an earlier post, here is honesty.
On some, not all, Sunday mornings I would tear open my tithe envelope take out the cash inside, and put it in my pocket.
I was robbing God, in plain sight. Not like God needs plain sight to see what you are doing.
The other beauty of it was that I would justify it to myself. It wasn’t until after much maturity that I finally began to give God what was His in the first place.
Not to boast or brag, because ALL honor and glory go to my Father in heaven. Because without His provisions, my wife and I would not be who we are today, and could not have done a lot of the things we have done.
I have robbed God, I have tested God, and He has passed.
DUHH!!! Like He wouldn't.
Instead of living with a sense of greed, I live my life in search of ways to use the time, talents, and treasures God has given me.
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