"Honor the Lord with your wealth, with the first fruits of all your crops; then your barns will be filled to overflowing and your vats will brim over with new wine."
Proverbs 3: 9 & 10
I don't grow crops but I can imagine all the work that goes into the process: soil preparation, planting, weeding, watering, insect control, harvesting. It would be tempting to feel rewarded by that first piece of fruit when all is said and done. After all, I did all the work, right?
Could I have done any of it without sun, soil, rain or the initial seeds?
I have been made by Christ and for Christ; all of my resources come from Him. The Bible teaches some things in a backward way than what society would have me do. If I want to have overflowing barns, why would I give any of it away? However, nothing really belongs to me, does it? The house I live in was once occupied by someone else who may even be deceased by now. The car I drive will be in the junk yard one day. The food I ate yesterday will run through tomorrow's sewers.
Don't be tight-fisted. Give generously, first to God, then to others and you will be rewarded beyond measure.
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