“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” (Mal 3:10; KJV). Wow, that sounds good to me. God goes on to say in that passage from Malachi, that he will prevent satan from stealing his (God’s) blessings from us and people will see how blessed we are (Mal 3:11-12).

So often we limit God in our lives and this is the only place and context in the word where God says: “prove me”. However, there is a condition that we remember first to tithe to God. You might say well, that was Old Testament, under the law and does not apply to us today. The whole bible was put together under Gods direction to speak to us all today as Christians. (2 Tim 3:16) Nowhere does it say that tithing was ever done away with by God. Jesus said he did not come to destroy the law but to fulfill it (Matt 5:17-19).

Abraham and Jacob tithed before the law was given (Gen 14:18-20; Gen 28:22). Abraham tithed to the king and priest Melchizedek (Gen 14:18-20) and we are told that Jesus is a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek (Heb 7:17). Jesus even commended the Pharisees for tithing; giving no indication that this practice should cease (Matt 23:23). Tithing was given by God to his people that they would fear him ( honor, respect and revere) (Deut 14:23), not as an onerous regulation. When we comply: my,my,my, the blessings abound.

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