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#17
An Investment You Can’t Lose
How to be Sure Your Money is Secure
What is the safest
thing to invest your money in today? Cattle? Property? Industry? Fruit
orchards? Vegetable gardens? Sublet property? The stock market? It’s
very hard to know, isn’t it? In the U. S. a few years ago you could
invest in almost any stock of a technology company and be sure to make
lots of money. But that’s not the case anymore. The stocks go up
and down.
How is it here? It’s
very hard to be sure of what is safe to invest in, isn’t it?
So, people are searching.
Wondering: “Is anything stable or permanent?” Not just security
for the future, but for the present!
Did you know God never
intended you and I should have to worry about the present or the future?
A perfect partnership plan guaranteed so that we’d never have to
worry about the future or fear what’s going to happen to us?
<Matthew 6:31,
32>
“Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’
Or, ‘What shall we drink?’ Or, ‘What shall we wear?’...For
your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.”
God’s pension
plan started in the Garden of Eden. When planet Earth came fresh from
the Creator’s hands in all its splendor and perfection, glorious
beyond description, the stroke of the Master Artist greeted the eye at
every turn. Magnificent sunrises were rivaled only by breathtaking sunsets.
Peaceful lakes nestled between the hills. Gorgeous flowers delighting
the senses. Trees were loaded with delicious fruit of every kind. Songbirds
filled the air with melody. Animals in the lush meadows played and roamed
unafraid. The streams and lakes were alive with beautifully colored fish.
A paradise, from pole to pole! But there was more!
<Genesis 2:8>
“The Lord God planted a garden...and there He put the man whom He
had formed.”
God personally built
a luxurious garden home for Adam and Eve. So exquisite, so lavish, it
was incomparably beautiful. No down payment. No mortgage. Zero interest
rate. He even gave them free groceries!
<Genesis 1:29>
“...I have given you every herb that yields seed which is on the
face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit yields seed; to you
it shall be for food.”
Adam and Eve paid
no rent, never worried about taxes, no locks or keys, no vandals, burglars,
no infirmaries or pharmacies and chemists. They had everything.
Perfect health. Endless
youth. Undying commitment to each other, and a boundless love for God.
God said, “Live it up! Enjoy these blessings.”
<Genesis 1:28>
“...Be fruitful, and multiply, fill the earth and subdue it...”
God’s original
design was one big, happy family inhabiting Planet Earth. Life. Health.
And wealth. Of course, God also knew mankind would be happiest if he had
several kinds of responsibilities; some challenges. Like employment. Tasks
they’d be responsible for. So He told Adam and Eve, “I own
it; I created it. But I want you to become the managers of my property.
I want you to be partners.” Not owners. Stewards who manage everything
I’ve created.
What’s a steward?
The Concise Oxford Dictionary defines steward as “a person entrusted
with the management of another’s property.” So, God said,
as stewards I want you to...
<Genesis 1:28>
“...Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the
air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth...
<Genesis 2:15>
“Then the Lord God took the man, and put him in the Garden of Eden
to tend and keep it.”
You see, ladies and
gentlemen: There are two theories of ownership in our world today. One
is right. The other is wrong. One is Christian. The other is pagan. And
because most people practice the pagan concept, billions live miserable
lives!
According to the Bible’s
theory of ownership, even the richest people own nothing. God owns everything
in the world. It’s His:
<Psalm 24:1>
“The earth is the Lord’s and all its fullness, the world and
those who dwell therein.”
<Psalm 50:10, 11>
“For every beast of the forest is Mine, and the cattle on a thousand
hills. I know all the birds of the mountains, and the wild beasts of the
field are Mine.”
But the primitive
pagan concept of ownership is that the best title to property is conquest.
OWNERSHIP. Earn. Grab. Get what you can by brute force – and it’s
yours! – Wit. Cunning. Fraud and extortion. – But is this
true? Might makes right? The rich people of the world give that impression.
But that’s the pagan concept that’s cursing mankind. Because
in the end it means the greediest people get everything.
This theory says,
<Deuteronomy 8:17>
“...my power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth,”
“The best man
wins. Survival of the fittest. Dominate. Make your pile of money early
in life. Money is power. You only go around once in life, so go for all
the gusto you can get!” That’s the secular concept of ownership.
The Christian concept
of ownership is that we really don’t own anything! Nothing. Zilch.
Zero. Nil. God owns everything.
We’re just here
managing things for Him. Not owners. Stewards. Because…
<Deuteronomy 8:18>
“...remember...it is He [God] who gives you power to get wealth...”
Put simply, we really
don’t own anything. God the Creator has prior claim on our possessions
and on us. We’re just stewards.
So, do you see the
two theories? Two philosophies. Two radically different approaches to
wealth and money that are universes apart.
1. Ownership
2. Stewardship
These two opposites
were the big issue back in the Garden of Eden. The question was not over
an apple. The big test was: Would Adam let God be Owner and trust His
plan? Or would Adam try to take over as owner and manage things his own
way? Who is going to be boss? That’s what sin is all about. Control.
God, or me. And just like Adam and Eve had a test back there in Eden,
God has a test for us here in 2003, only it’s not by a tree.
In fact, there are five basic areas God tests us as stewards to see whether
we’re making proper use to the glory of God of what He has entrusted
to us.
First of all, from the beginning, God outlined very clearly that we’re
stewards of property and material goods.
<Genesis 2:16. 17>
“...Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; but of the tree
of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that
you eat of it you shall surely die.”
Notice how God tests our love and loyalty: By something we produce –
or grow! Adam and Eve could eat from all the trees in the garden –
their trees, thousands of them – except one restriction. One specific
tree – God’s tree. Okay, by obeying God, they’d show
their recognition of His rightful ownership. After all, He had made it
all, and even made them, too! So, if they remained faithful stewards and
respected that arrangement, they would live forever in a world that was
paradise!
Sadly, Adam and Eve failed. They flunked the one simple test God required
of them. They were unfaithful stewards. By selfishness – trying
to be owners – they lost everything: their garden home, immortality,
love, happiness, security, face to face walks and talks with God! They
slipped from being heirs to slaves, from blessings to curses. Never realizing
the serious implications of adopting the wrong theory of ownership.
And we know, of course, watching behind it all in sadistic satisfaction
was Satan, who announced he commandeered ownership now. Man forfeited
and abdicated to his control, his power. By force and cunning, Satan took
control of Planet Earth with a whole planet in rebellion!
Thank God Satan’s assumed domination and hi-jacking was shattered
by Christ’s entrance into the world centuries later. He bought back
our world at infinite cost.
That’s why Satan’s plan was to deceive Jesus, too –
zero in on the very same way he tricked Adam and Eve. He tried to force
Jesus to take things into His own hands and control. Adopt the same pagan
theory of ownership of things.
Satan waited until Jesus had fasted for forty days. Jesus was tired and
hungry. Satan tried to tempt Him to turn the stones into bread. And then
he took Him up to an…
<Matthew 4:8, 9>
“...exceedingly high mountain, and showed Him all the kingdoms of
the world...and he said, ‘All these things I will give you if You
will fall down and worship me.’”
See the issue here? Satan tried to entice Jesus to control things. “Here,
Jesus! Do it my way. Money. Kingdoms. Finances. I’ll give You ownership!”
But his deception didn’t get very far with Jesus because Jesus knew
God already owned the Universe! The “things” Satan promised
to give Christ were not really his to give. Satan had hi-jacked a planet
by fraud and deceit.
Right there, Jesus Christ defeated Satan. “It is written”
– three times Jesus bowled over the Devil with those words. And
Calvary forever sealed Satan’s fate; returning Planet Earth into
the rightful hands of men and women as stewards.
Our very lives and possessions are Christ’s property. He’s
not only Creator; He’s not only Redeemer; He is the rightful Owner
of the world and the universe! Whether we love and serve Him or not, our
very lives – all our possessions – are His property. Just
like Adam and Eve – we too, now, are again stewards of what God
entrusts to us. So what does He require of us? When you stand before God
in the judgment what’s God going to be looking for in us stewards?
Listen carefully, because the Bible gets very specific about God’s
expectations of stewards :
<1 Corinthians 4:2>
“Moreover it is required in stewards that one be found faithful.”
Faithful first and foremost in our stewardship of property and material
goods. Next, faithful in a second area. We are stewards of life.
The greatest of all God’s gifts we take for granted! It surges through
our bodies. Paul writes in:
<Acts 17:24, 25>
“God, who made the world and everything in it...gives to all life,
breath, and all things.”
Every heartbeat, every breath of air, every pulse of our bodies is a gift
from God. You and I are stewards of our life and health. Because God originates
life. He sustains it. It’s His.
<Romans 12:1>
“I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that
you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy acceptable to God, which
is your reasonable service.”
A living sacrifice means unreserved commitment. Stewards of life means
that we are stewards of how we use our lives.
Jesus, for example, said good stewards should follow His example, and
go…
<Acts 10:38>
“...about doing good...”
in their lives, letting their lives shine! Affect others always for good.
Do good deeds every day because that’s integrity. It builds character.
You count. You matter. You make a difference. So, #2: you are stewards
of life.
Third, we are stewards of time. God gives us time 24 hours a day, 7 days
a week. How will the faithful steward use it? The Psalmist wrote:
<Psalm 90:12>
“So teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.”
The person who wastes
time, wastes life. Squanders the one talent which God Himself gave identically
to every man and woman. Time is the stuff life is made of.
Every person has the
same exact number of hours in a day. 24/7. God expects that we each use
our time wisely. Especially to remember the seventh-day Sabbath. That’s
His very special “time”, set apart – His gift to us
to set aside and rest. Holy time. God’s time. How will we use time?
On God’s terms? Or, our own terms? Will we devote 1/7 of our time
to fellowship with God on the Sabbath, resting in His Word, drawing refreshment
from His promises, putting aside the weekly rat race of pressures at work?
Shopping. Worldly pursuits. And remembering Him as Creator? We are stewards
of time.
Fourth, we are stewards of the talents God gives us. “Well,”
you ask, “What are the specific talents for which I’m responsible
to God as His steward? I don’t think I have any talents.”
Do you sing? Play
an instrument? Paint pictures? Can you sew a dress? Bake bread? Write;
or organize? Talk on the phone?
God says, “I
give you life, time, possessions – and abilities. It’s your
privilege to either use these to enrich yourself and to satisfy your own
whims and pleasures! Or, you can choose to use them to bless others. We’re
stewards of talents, loaned to us by God to bless others.
Then #5. God says, we are stewards of the money God gives us.
Did you know the Bible
spends a lot of time talking about money? Money is very important to God!
That’s why He invites faithful stewards to go into business with
God and partnership with a specific figure of money. Millionaire Maurice
Hitchcock once called my friend George Vandeman, laughing, “George,
is it true that God’s going to tax me 10%?” Yes! It’s
all through the Bible. Let’s go back to a story in Genesis 14. It’s
an interesting story about how you say “Thank You” to God.
One day Abraham’s nephew Lot was kidnapped by an enemy tribe, the
Elamites. They took Lot, his family, their possessions – everything.
When news reached Abraham, he raised an army, determined to rescue Lot
and the others, praying “God help me, please!”
And God did help him deliver Lot and his family. Abraham caught the kidnappers
along with things they had stolen and brought them all back home to Sodom
where even the King came out to meet him with all sorts of rewards and
fanfare. But Abraham refused to take any reward for himself. Instead,
when Melchizedek, a priest of God, came to bless Abraham Genesis 14:20
says then Abraham,
“...gave him a tithe of all.”
Now here’s an interesting new insight. A proposal to us managers
and stewards. Here’s an investment where you can’t lose, that
many modern businessmen are catching on to! A profound financial principle
most churches today are re-discovering – because God doesn’t
lie! When Abraham wanted to express appreciation to God, he gave a tithe,
ten percent. And we know God blessed Abraham and that he became a wealthy
man! Like most of the descendants of Abraham (the Jews) who tithe.
Fast-forward 150 years later. Abraham’s grandson Jacob expressed
his gratitude to God the same way.
<Genesis 28:22>
“...of all that You give me I will surely give a tenth to You.”
Jacob became a wealthy man.
King David. He tithed. (Ps. 116:12). Same thing! He was a financial success.
Over and over again, a principle of success through stewardship.
Did you know Jesus in the New Testament approved and endorsed this same
tithing principle? He told His disciples that tithing was something that
ought to be done.
<Matthew 23:23>
“...For you pay tithe...these you ought to have done...”
But don’t forget to be a nice person, too. In today’s language
Jesus said, “Hey, Scrooge! Don’t forget that giving 10% doesn’t
get you off the hook from being a nice person. It’s a package deal.
Gotta’ be fair. Kind. Just. Courteous, too.” And then I’ll
bless you, big time.
One tenth. God gives us 10/10. But to remind us we’re just stewards,
He asks just 10 cents on a dollar. “That 10% is Mine. One out of
10 potatoes in your garden is My property. It’s holy. The portion
I, God, reserve for Myself.”
<Leviticus 27:30>
“And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land
or the fruit of the tree, is the Lord’s. It is holy to the Lord.”
Now, why does God specify 10%? Does He need the money? Hardly. But He
knows tithing does something for us. You see, we humans have a basic problem
in our hearts. It’s called selfishness. The essence of sin is –
what? Selfishness.
A little boy was on his way to Sunday School one morning. As he started
out his mother gave him two silver coins. “One is for you –
for a treat on the way home. The other is for the Lord, to put into the
offering plate.” So off he went, clutching the two silver coins
tightly in his little fist. But as he ran along, he tripped and fell.
The coins started rolling down the street. He quickly grabbed one of them.
But the other rolled...right into a gutter and down into the sewer. “Oh-h!
There goes the Lord’s coin!”
That’s our human dilemma. We’re selfish. No, God doesn’t
need the money. We need a cure for selfishness because the Bible says
in our heart, by nature, we’re robbers! Malachi 3:8-10:
“Will a man rob God? Yet you have robbed Me! But you say, ‘In
what way have we robbed You?’ In tithes and offerings. You are cursed
with a curse, for you have robbed Me, even this whole nation. Bring all
the tithes into the storehouse that there may be food in My house...”
Tithing challenges and tests us in four crucial ways:
1. It challenges our OBEDIENCE.
2. It challenges our FAITH. Jesus says in Matthew 6:33…
“Seek first
the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be
added to you.”
3. It challenges us
to consistent RESPONSIBILITY. Paul says in 1 Corinthians 6:1-2 Christians
ought to give systematically. Not when we feel in the mood. Do it every
week. (By the way, if it hurts too much – if you give it grudgingly,
don’t even bother!) 2 Corinthians 9:7 says,
“...God loves
a cheerful giver.”
In Greek the word
for “cheerful” is hilaron from which we get our word “hilarious.”
That’s the kind of givers God wants – where it is a joy and
privilege to give responsibly.
God doesn’t
want us to give to Him grudgingly. The tithe is not a tax – something
we have to send to heaven to support God and the angels like some sort
of heavenly politicians. No! Psalm 50:12 says,
‘If I were hungry,
I would not tell you; for the world is Mine, and all its fullness.’
God isn’t waiting
for us to give our tithes and offerings so He can pay the bills and can
keep the lights turned on. The reason why He asks us to be faithful in
our gifts is found in the next two verses:
<Psalm 50:14, 15>
‘Offer to God thanksgiving, and pay your vows to the Most High.
Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall
glorify Me.’
Giving is God’s
way of helping us develop a spirit of thankfulness – a spirit of
appreciation; a spirit that revels in – is joyful about –
all good things God gives us. That joy comes from giving, not getting!
It’s putting
our faith in Him when days of trouble come. Instead of relying on our
wits, our savings account, or our paycheck.
It’s about developing
a deeper, more trusting, more thankful relationship with our Creator.
So giving challenges our obedience. Giving challenges our faith. It challenges
us to consistent responsibility.
But there’s
something more about being faithful with our gifts to God.
4. It challenges us
SPIRITUALLY.
God says: “I’ll
guarantee you something.” So amazing, you won’t believe it.
In fact, He says, “I want you to try this as an experiment –
Try Me for several months. Test Me, prove Me, to see if I’m a liar.
Set that tithe aside. (Put it in a jar in the kitchen faithfully every
week. And turn it into God’s church. If it doesn’t work, stop
doing it. But you will see! I don’t lie.) You’ll see I’m
the best financial Partner you can joint-venture with.”
<Malachi 3:10>
“‘And try Me now in this,’ Says the LORD of hosts, ‘If
I will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you such
blessing that there will not be room enough to receive it.’”
You know, there are whole books full of stories of people who have tithed
faithfully and seen God’s blessings large and small. Unbelievable,
but true stories.
Joe and his wife had been successful Christian business people for years,
when they sensed the call of God to sell their businesses and go to college
to prepare for Gospel ministry.
Now, you’d expect that making a decision like that, and being faithful
tithers, they would never encounter any financial problems, right?
No, friend! God doesn’t promise that we’ll never have challenges
to face. He only promises to see us through them, and to bless us as we
face them.
After arriving on the college campus, Joe and his wife tried opening a
new small clothing store business, but it didn’t go well. Soon their
meager savings dwindled down to nothing. Joe tried marking a few leftover
suits “on sale” from the store, but it seemed like he couldn't
even give them away.
One particular Friday they realized they were flat broke. Didn't have
a dollar to their name. Very little food in the house, no petrol in the
car, and the electricity bill was overdue. The power company had given
notice they were coming out that Friday afternoon to shut off the power
because they owed twenty-nine dollars. They had tried to get jobs at factories,
doing menial labor, but had been turned down every time.
It was terrible – they didn't know which way to turn. They literally
had lost everything. All the capital they had built up in two businesses,
all their savings. Gone! And their faith was waning. It was cold outside,
and they had a little boy to take care of, and they didn't even have money
for groceries.
So they did the only thing they could do. They knelt down in the house
and prayed: "Lord help us, or we perish!"
True story! Within one hour, someone knocked on the front door. Joe went
to the door and found two guys from the college standing there. "Hey,
I hear you have some suits for sale here."
"No, I don't have any left," but then suddenly he remembered.
"Well, I guess I do have one left, but it's an odd size – I
haven't been able to sell it.
"Well, let me try it on."
The suit fit him perfectly, and he loved it and paid Joe fifty dollars
for it on the spot. It had originally retailed for over $200. But Joe
was happy. As Joe watched him count out five ten-dollar notes from his
wallet, it was like the biggest sale of his life. He was so excited he
could hardly keep from shouting "Thank You Lord! Thank You! Thank
You! Thank You! Thank You! with each note.
What a thanksgiving session – Joe and his wife had in their little
living room – weeping and praying and praising the Lord. They were
overcome with the sense of God's leading and His provision for them.
Malachi goes further.
<Malachi 3:11>
“‘And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, so that he
will not destroy the fruit of your ground, nor shall the vine fail to
bear fruit for you in the field,’ says the Lord of hosts.”
Some people say, “No way! I just can’t do it! Give 10%? I
have to think of my children first!” Jeannie and I know from firsthand
experience it works! We’ve “proved Him.” So have my
parents.
My Dad and Mom, plus five kids, on a preacher’s salary. School tuition.
Five sons in college, all at the same time. There was no way, mathematically!
And it was hard sometimes. We had to wear second-hand clothes. Handed
down five times!
But my Dad always squeezed an honest tithe out of a small paycheck. And
a miracle happened! God blessed! We never went into debt; never went on
government dole. Somehow, God stretches nine-tenths of income that’s
been tithed further than ten tenths ever went!
Right here is God’s secret to financial security!
In fact, did you know lots of big-name businessmen have discovered the
Bible’s secret to financial security? They wouldn’t think
of not paying tithe. People who own some of the biggest businesses in
the United States. I know some of these people! They all credit God’s
tithing plan for their financial success.
Take Ed, in Oklahoma City – sells caravans. He began to tithe. Plus
he took a leap of faith by closing his business on Sabbaths – the
busiest day of the season. What happened? Wow! His business did more sales
in six days than he ever did in seven days of the week! God is a promise
keeper!
One of our staff members at Voice of Prophecy comes from a family whose
very successful business demanded 7-day-a week involvement.
They began coming to meetings just like these…enrolled in a Bible
course much like Discover. And became convinced they ought to make some
big changes so they could keep the Sabbath and give a faithful tithe.
So they sold the business. Started paying tithe. Went into another line.
And almost went broke. But does the Lord ever forget His faithful servants?
No.
The Lord guided that family into another line of work, and from then on
the father worked five days a week as a salesman for a company that visually
demanded six-day weeks of their staff. But guess what. You’re right.
He was the top salesman nearly ever month! Working five-day weeks. Giving
the Sabbath to the Lord. And returning a faithful tithe. God keeps His
promises!
Check it out! Test God’s promise in Malachi. Try Him! He keeps His
Word, but He wants you to trust Him. Give Him a chance.
When we really love someone, how do we express our love? We automatically
give because it’s impossible to love without giving.
Same with God. If we love Him, we’ll cheerfully, gladly, and generously
demonstrate we love Him. And that we’ve been cured of the cancer
of selfishness.
No one learned the lesson of what selfishness with money can do to a person
more than John D. Rockefeller, Sr. – one of the richest men in America
in the early 20th century. As a boy he was strong and husky like anybody
else. But when he entered business he drove himself harder than any slave
by a whip. What a hard worker! By the time he was 33 he’d made his
first million dollars. By staying awake nights and pouring it on he controlled
(at 43) the biggest business in the world. At 53 he was the richest man
on earth, and the world’s only billionaire.
But for all this he lost his health. He developed alopecia, where your
hair falls out from (your head, your eyelashes, your eyebrows.) He looked
awful. His own biographer said he looked like a “mummy.” His
weekly income? A million dollars a week. But his digestion was so bad
he could eat only hard bread and milk.
Like Scrooge, John D. Rockefeller was a hermit. He lived in solitary confinement
with no friends. No acquaintances. Only lots of enemies: people he’d
crushed and ground into the dust in his lust to make bigger profits. In
the Pennsylvania oilfields, the men he’d made into poor men hanged
him in effigy. He was hated. He had to have bodyguards day and night.
His wealth was a nightmare. He couldn’t sleep. He couldn’t
eat. All he did was worry. His wealth was smothering him.
Living on just hard bread and milk, his medical prognosis was he wouldn’t
live another year. The newspapers had his obituary written and ready in
their files. Pathetic!
Then something happened. One sleepless night as he lay awake worrying,
he made a startling discovery. He wouldn’t be able to take one little
tiny coin with him to the next world. That nearly killed him! Oh! Did
he despair! All those riches, all those dreams – they meant nothing!
For the first time in his life he recognized money wasn’t something
to be hoarded, but something to be shared for the benefit of others. And
suddenly the light of truth went on, and John D. Rockefeller began transforming
his money into blessings to others. He helped worthy causes. He established
the Rockefeller Foundation. Showered money on universities, hospitals,
missions and millions of underprivileged. His money helped rid to get
rid of the terrible disease caused by hookworm.
Every time we’re saved by an injection of antibiotic, we can thank
John D. Rockefeller, because his contributions aided in the discovery
of penicillin. Millions are saved today from TB and diphtheria for the
same reason.
The WORLD was blessed when John D. Rockefeller changed his thinking from
“getting” to “giving.” And guess what happened
to old John D. when he began thinking outwardly? A miracle. He didn’t
die. He began to sleep, to eat, to enjoy life. He felt great. Refreshed.
He should have died at 53. But he started to practice one of God’s
eternal laws:
<Luke 6:38>
“Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down,
shaken together, and running over...”
He celebrated birthday #54, then #55, 56, 57, 58; then 68, then 78, then
88. He lived to be 98 years old. Modern psychiatry is just now catching
up to this philosophy of the Bible. Living is not just “whoever
dies with the most toys, wins.” It’s not just grabbing but
giving. And friend, God gives us five special promises when we begin by
giving to Him.
Five promises for our good stewardship. He’ll bless our:
1. Property.
2. Life.
3. Time.
4. Talents.
5. Tithe Money.
Proverbs 3:9, 10 says:
“Honor the Lord with thy substance, and with the first fruits of
thine increase. So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses
shall burst out with new wine.”
Why not step out in faith and start a partnership with God. He invites
you to try it. Experiment. Prove Him. “Lord, I’m going to
take You up on your challenge. I’m going to test You in this area
of stewardship. Including tithing. A partnership incredible. I choose
to place You first in my finances and therefore in every area of my life.”
If that’s your choice, tell God about it. He will hear you, and
He will bless you.
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