Prove me now, says the Lord, see 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.
And I will rebuke the devourer of the land….
(Mal. 3: 10-11)
The thing that shuts down the blessings of God and brings on the curse is willful disobedience. And the thing that opens the windows of heaven is in direct response to what I do with his instructions regarding my tithe.
Nothing else opens the windows of heaven like this, nothing else keeps us in compliance as being obedient with our tithes and offerings. God only requires ten percent.
He says, “You keep all the rest and be responsible, and it will meet the need, and it will go a long way, because my blessing is upon it.”
The Bible says, “If a man regard iniquity in his heart the Lord does not hear him.” God never advances us beyond our last act of willful disobedience.
But when you are under the umbrella of His blessing, He will give back to you, He will pour it out on you and you will not have room to receive it!
This principle of obedience in giving is what opens the bounty of God. If we disobey here, then we can’t expect God’s blessing in other areas of our lives.
We can’t expect Him to hear our prayers, because we are walking in disobedience. The windows of heaven are shut and we are living under a curse, instead of walking in His blessing, because we are walking in willful disobedience.
All God is looking for is obedience. He’s got the plan. He’s got the resources to back it up. All He wants is for us to catch the vision:
“Hell trembles at the thought of money, wealth, power and influence controlled by my hands. Because I am a compliant child of God!”
God has given us clear direction on the principal of obedience in Malachi 3:8-11:
Will a man rob God? Yet you have robbed me. But you say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.
You are cursed with a curse: for you have robbed me, even this whole nation. Bring all the tithe into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house….
(Mal. 3:8-11)
As I’ve said before, this is what brings in the blessing.
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