There is shocking news in Malachi 3 in the Old Testament.
God says, "Return to me so I can return to you."
When we ask how he says, "Begin by being honest. Do honest people rob God? But you rob me day after day."
When we ask how we rob God, he reminds us that we do not tithe. We do not trust him to show up if we give him what he directs us to give without thought of how much is left.
But he says, "Bring your full tithe to the Temple treasury so there will be ample provisions in my Temple. Test me in this and see if I don't open heaven itself to you and pour out blessings beyond your wildest dreams."
The most heartbreaking part of this is that we rob him of our trust.
He died so we could trust.
I wonder how we keep missing that.
Test me in this = trust me in this.
