Giving to God

Malachi3:10 "'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.

Many of us read this verse and miss the condition upon which this blessing is promised.Often we expect god to bless us and honour us when we ask for it.Yes,God is good,who will provide,but there is a condition.We must first bless God with our sacrifices.We have to be faithful in the giving of our tithes.
How can we expect the heavens to be opened and the blessing poured forth unless we give and pay our dues to god and His purposes.There would be no lack of funds for holy purposes if all of us pay what is due our God.
Friends today I want to encourage you to be faithful in your tithing.Whether in terms of money or services,let us be faithful and always remember that we can give only because our God blessed us first.Let us not rob God anymore friends.I'm not saying God will not bless us if we do not give.Yes,God might still bless us,but let's not take advantage of God.That's why we go to services.To give and not just to receive.We go to services in church to be a do a service to God and His cause,so friends if we are doing it for God let's give our excellence in whatever we are doing,because what we are doing is not for man,but rather what rather what we do is to bless the name of our God.Someone once told me,"You represent the God you serve." Friends if we are going to be stingy in our tithing to God,are we not saying that the God we serve is stingy?And we know that's not true!The God we serve is the mighty provider!Friends if we are going to declare that,let us not do so with our mouths.Rather I pray that we will do so with our actions,with our lives.Let our lives indeed be a testimony to our friends that our God is Almighty.Amen.