Posted by
D W W Robertson on Friday, April 25, 2008 7:33:18 PM
Malachi 3:10
"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."
Obedience to God is worthwhile.
Here is a partial list of the things God has given me and my wife in the past year, since we started giving ten percent of our gross income to the church (less than $200 a month):
- I thought I needed a job in Santa Barbara. I had two interviews at one job and they turned me down. We ended up moving to Sacramento. I got good a good job in the field I hoped for after a couple weeks. It pays the rent, the car insurance, the gas, and the groceries every month.
- My wife thought she was going to lose her temp job this May. The new person that was supposed to take her spot fell through. Now she has a job for the summer.
- We got into a good apartment when we moved and we pay $300 a month less than the neighbors next to us because we got in when management changed and they ran a discount deal.
- I got a flat tire and an oil leak on my Vespa. The repair cost less than expected.
- Both of our computers broke. Dell sent my wife a brand new computer ($1000+). My computer was fixed. So was my ipod.
- We’re getting a great tax return ($2000+).
- Saving the best for last, Pepperdine offered me a full ride scholarship to their law school for the next three years ($150,000+). I didn’t even pray for a full scholarship. I thought it was too bold, but my in-laws prayer for it. And God answered.
If you are not obedient to God, what are you waiting for? I’m not guaranteeing that you’ll prosper financially, but you will be blessed exceedingly and far beyond your expectations. It will happen time and again. Each time you will ask yourself, “why didn’t I trust God?”
It reminds me of a quote by G.K. Chesterton that has been one of the themes of my life:
“It is within [the order of God’s law] that good things run wild.”