Get Poured On

Devotional Passage: Malachi 3:8-12 Read the Bible through: Ecclesiastes 4-7 I Corinthians 11


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. Malachi 3:10

Have you ever been caught outside during a thunderstorm? One minute you're dry, and the next minute the skies have opened and you're drenched. That's how Malachi 3:10 describes the showers of God's blessings that will rain down on us from the windows of heaven when we give our tithes and offerings. These gifts were to provide financially for God's temple.
We would never consider ourselves to be criminals-thieves who steal from others. Yet God's Word tells us that if we hold back in giving our tithes and offerings, than we are like robbers taking what isn't ours.
Following God's plan for giving takes faith, trusting that God's promises are true. God's Word calls for us to "prove" Him because He will be trustworthy. If we open our hearts and our hands to give generously, thatn God might just catch us by surprise with a shower of blessings.

Father, remove anything in my life that keeps me from having a generous heart toward You.