How To Manage Our Income God’s Way

October 16

“Now Jesus sat opposite the treasury
and saw how the people put money into the treasury,
and many who were rich put in much.
Then one poor widow came and threw in two mites,
which make a farthing.
So he called his disciples to himself and said to them,
‘Assuredly, I say to you that this poor widow
has put in more than all those
who have given to the treasury;
for they all put in out of their abundance,
but she out of her poverty put in all that she had,
her whole livelihood.’”
Mark 12:41

It is human nature to recoil at the thought of giving, especially if we’re having difficulty making ends meet. But there is a way out of difficulty:

“Bring all the tithes into the storehouse,
that there may be food in my house,
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.’”
Malachi 3:10

This is the only place in the Bible where the Lord says “try me.” Throughout the Bible we are told not to put the Lord our God to the test. But in this one place, we are invited to. If you’re struggling, try the Lord with tithing ...and watch what he will do.

It’s not that we’re “trying” God as in "I’ll do this so he’ll do that." It’s that we’re learning HIS way to manage our income in such a way as to receive his blessing. When we take on his way of handling our income, we’re declaring that we’re shifting our TRUST onto him, instead of relying on ourselves. And that's the whole point.