1 Corinthians 1:27
But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong.

God has made a way of provision for His children and it is totally contrary to what the world would tell you or advise you to do. The way God makes provision for us, is by us giving our tithe and offerings. A tithe is ten percent of all our increase. For most of us, that would be our paycheck or salary. Look what the Bible says about the tithe:

Malachi 3:8-12
“Will a man rob God? Yet you have robbed Me! But you say, ‘In what way have we robbed You?’ In tithes and offerings. 9 You are cursed with a curse, For you have robbed Me, Even this whole nation. 10 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. 11 “And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, So that he will not destroy the fruit of your ground, Nor shall the vine fail to bear fruit for you in the field,”Says the Lord of hosts; 12 “And all nations will call you blessed, For you will be a delightful land,”Says the Lord of hosts."

Did you know this is the ONLY time in the Bible where God says to "try Him" or to test Him? I have a very good friend who has been a Christian for a very long time yet he has never yielded himself to God in the area of tithing. Because of this, he has placed himself under a curse. Basically, like the scripture says, he had robbed God! Because of this, he hasn't been able to keep jobs and he has never made much money. The Lord had been trying to teach him to start tithing so God could pour out His blessings on him. Finally, after losing another job and almost to the point of losing his home my friend sold a small piece of land his father had left to him when he passed away. He texted me one night and said, "I've finally learned my lesson. When I get the money for this land, the first thing I am going to do is give my tithe to the church and then I am going to pay my tithe out of every paycheck I get!" Sure enough, he got the money for the piece of land and the following Sunday, he put a check in the offering plate at church for one tenth of what he sold the land for.

When he told me that he had made up his mind to follow God's Word and do what God asks of us, I rejoiced to see that he was going to step out in faith. This was a huge step for my friend and I am so proud of him in what he did. Four days later I received a phone call from his wife telling me that he had just received a call from a company that was going to hire him and they were going to pay him more money per hour than he had ever made!

God honored His Word with my friend! When he told me he was going to pay his tithe, I prayed and asked the Lord to honor His Word quickly and to make an outward show of it so that it would be very evident so that my friend would know without a shadow of a doubt it was God that had come through for him! And God did just that!

The world would tell you to save your money and to hoard it but God says to GIVE! God even says to test him with you tithes and offerings! God will always honor His Word! It will never come back void but will always accomplish that which it set out to do! NEVER doubt God's Word!

Isaiah 55:11
So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.