Blessing Abound

Malachi 3:10 AMP ~ Bring all the tithes (the whole tenth of your income) into the storehouse, that there may be food in My house, and prove Me now by it, says the Lord of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.

One day a young man appeared at the door of a missionary’s home in Africa, holding a fish on a string. When the missionary questioned him about it, he said, “You taught us to tithe, so here is my tithe.”

The missionary took the fish gratefully, but before the young man could leave, the missionary asked him, “Where are the other fish? If this is a tithe, shouldn’t there be nine other fish on this string?”

“I’m going to catch them right now!” the young man replied.

This young man lived in expectancy! He knew that God was waiting to bless him. He planned on it, he acted on it, and he spoke of it with boldness, confidence, and faith.

In today’s passage, God speaks through Malachi, challenging us to test His faithfulness. When we follow God’s plan for giving and return to Him what rightfully belongs to Him in the first place by tithing faithfully, He will amaze us. Give God a gift that is beyond your comfort zone, and see His blessings abound today.

Blessed be to God for the day of rest and religious occupation wherein earthly things assume their true size.