It's Time to Come Up: Part 5
It’s Time to Come Up || Part 5 - Day 3
Haggai 2:6-9 NKJV
For thus says the Lord of hosts: ‘Once more (it is a little while) I will shake heaven and earth, the sea and dry land; and I will shake all nations, and they shall come to the Desire of All Nations, and I will fill this temple with glory,’ says the Lord of hosts. ‘The silver is Mine, and the gold is Mine,’ says the Lord of hosts. ‘The glory of this latter temple shall be greater than the former,’ says the Lord of hosts. ‘And in this place I will give peace,’ says the Lord of hosts.”
Luke 6:38 NKJV
“Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you.”
Matthew 6:19-26 NKJV
“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. “The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness! “No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon. “Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?”
Proverbs 3:5-10 NLT
Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. Seek his will in all you do, and he will show you which path to take. Don’t be impressed with your own wisdom. Instead, fear the Lord and turn away from evil. Then you will have healing for your body and strength for your bones. Honor the Lord with your wealth and with the best part of everything you produce. Then he will fill your barns with grain, and your vats will overflow with good wine.
Matthew 23:23 NLT
“What sorrow awaits you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you are careful to tithe even the tiniest income from your herb gardens, but you ignore the more important aspects of the law—justice, mercy, and faith. You should tithe, yes, but do not neglect the more important things.”
Tithing in faith has everything to do with the spirit behind which you give it.
In other words, tithing in faith includes your attitude, heart, and mindset; it does not exclude it. If you return the tithe out of fear of what God will do to you if you don’t tithe, then you are not tithing in faith. You are tithing in fear! Tithing in fear does not provoke the blessing of the Lord upon your life. What you are doing is right. Being obedient to the Lord is always right, but the spirit you are doing it in is wrong.
Isaiah 1:19, “If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land;”
2 Corinthians 9:7, “God loves a cheerful giver.”
Proverbs 3:9 (ESV), “Honor the Lord with your wealth and with the first fruits of all your produce.”
In the law, tithing was a tax that was placed on the people of God. Now, tithing is not a tax placed upon you. Tithing is an indication of thanksgiving and worship to the Lord. Jacob tells God, “If You will bring me back to this land safely, I will give you a tenth of everything You give to me.” In other words, it’s a form of saying thank you to God for everything He has given me, and thank you for keeping me.
Let’s pray…