Just Try ME!

I've been thinking lately of somethings I'd like god to do for me.  For my future.  For my sons.  For my husband.  For our future.

I've been thinking a lot lately of giving of our tithe, talents and treasures.  And what God expects of me.  He didn't give me talents to never use them.  He wouldn't have given me the ability to store up treasures in Heaven if I would never have the opportunity to enjoy them.  And He wouldn't have asked me to tithe, to   put the money HE has given me back in HIS house if He didn't intend on giving me the means to do it!

If you aren't trusting God with your finances right now, then I'd say you picked the worst time economically to not hold hands with God.  There are so many promises of God...do you really want to miss out on them?

God has done so much for me in my lifetime of 29 years.  He has blessed me in ways I never thought to ask, He has answered very specific prayers, and He has given me the desires of my heart- desires that only He knew.  How could I not have the faith that He could do those things today?  This fall?  This year?

So I've got some specific prayers that I'm going to try God about...I'm going to ask Him for something that only He can give.  I'm going to believe His word and trust His promises.  And I'm going to give Him all the glory when He does it...

And another thing, I'm NOT going to let the devil tell me that I don't need to give anymore.  Because see, he doesn't tell me that I can't or that I don't have the money, he just tells me that they'll get the money from someone else, that it's not my job to do everything or pay for everything and that I don't need to...

But the truth is, I DO need to.  If I want God to bless me, to shovel and scoop and pour blessings down so much that I cannot contain them, then you better believe I need to fist be the one to trust Him with what He has given me...You see, it's all His anyway...none of it is mine.  How can I not trust that if He gave it to me once He can give it to me again?  And even more the second time?

There's lies out there to believe.
If you want to.
If you let Satan win.

There's blessings to be had out there!
It is better to give than to receive.
If you trust Him.

I can't trust in my bank.
I can't trust in my Etrade account.
I can't trust in my own strength and knowledge.
But I can trust in my God and in His promises.

You know the ones.  The promises that say "if your child asks of you bread would you give him a stone?" or "if he asks a fish would you give him a serpent? If you being carnal know how to give good gifts then how much greater can God give you gifts?" (paraphrased from Luke 11:11, 13)

Or what about "Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think. Ephesians 3:20"  

Back to the verse I first quotes, "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" 

Go ahead. Try Him. This is the only place in the bible where God gives us this charge.
He created the universes.  I'm pretty sure He can handle it.

Tithe.  Talents.  Treasures.

So when you finally, actually, sacrificially give to someone...a missionary, a youth group, a church in need, a program at church, an elderly person/widow...look out for our big God to give back... and He won't be found lacking.

He will be debtor to NO ONE.