What you care about you invest in. It is not about what you have, but what has you. If you center your life around your things, and base your living upon your possessions, you will surely be disappointed. Be a conduit, not a dam.
“Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.”
According to author Rich Brott, the topic of tithing on your increase always relates to your entire life and all that you are concerned with. It’s not strictly a financial issue. We have much to give that is far more valuable than money. We have our time, our commitment, our attitude, our gifting, our energy, our service, our talent, our assets, our devotion and our entire life. Yet in all that we have to offer, our attitude toward our finances does play an important role and affects the other areas of our life. Your role in receiving the blessings of God is all about you keeping only a needed portion of God’s blessing and returning a large portion of the blessing so that others can be blessed as well. We should become resourceful and efficient stewards of all the possessions God has sent our way.
According to author Rich Brott, nothing happens in the economy of God until you give something away. It is a universal law of God. Giving is the trigger for God’s financial miracles.
When you give to the Kingdom of God, it will be given back to you. We must do so in complete confidence that our God will not only meet our needs, but allow us to have plenty left over so that we can joyfully share it with others.
When it comes to personal possessions, money and wealth, you cannot take it with you, but you CAN send it on ahead.
Bottom line is this: what you keep, you will lose, but what you give away, you will gain. When you become a faithful tither and a generous giver, you become an individual whom God can bless.