The tithing thing (4)

Tithing is a love thing, done in response to us knowing God's heart and recognising that there are needs all around us. From some, God will ask for only 10%. From others, 30%. Sometimes, he may ask for 100%. The important thing is to get close enough to him to hear what he wants of us. When we make any excuse about tithing, it's really more about what's important to us rather than what God wants.

This is God's heart for tithing: that we hold onto the stuff we accumulate lightly and share it at a moment's notice where there's a need. If we lived in a church community where each of us did that whole Acts 2:45 CEV thing - 'They would...give the money to whoever was in need.' - everyone would be covered. The man without a home would become our brother, and we'd help him not go hungry or cold. The single mum struggling to pay the bills would become our sister, and that church community would see that she can pay to keep the lights on, so she can read bedtime stories to her kids.

God will help us to use wisely what he's given us. Even starting whispers of a community like the early Christians developed in Acts could change this world completely.



So what now? Look at what you have differently. Knowing it's all God's anyway is freeing. Ask him to show you how to best use it, for his best outcomes.





— SCRIPTURE —

'They would...give the money to whoever was in need.' Acts 2:45 CEV
— SOULFOOD —

Matt 1:18-21, Luke 2:11, Acts 4:8-12