More Gleanings from the Garden

More Gleanings from the Garden

Malachi 3:10-11(KJV)
10Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and 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.
11And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the LORD of hosts.
This speaks of the tithe and the importance of doing what God says concerning Tithes and offerings.
There are multiple blessings that come to us as we obey in this area of our lives.
1. There will be meat in God’s house – provision for the priesthood
2. Open windows of Heaven – windows are to be looked through PLUS.
3. God pours out a blessing on you!
4. The abundance of God is made available to the giver of the tithe +
5. God will also take up your cause against the devourer

These are tremendous things that are in motion for the one who brings his/her life into line with God’s known and revealed will.
As a pastor I use examples to illustrate things for the folks so they can get a handle on the spiritual or invisible.
Once I used an illustration in which I took a cantaloupe to illustrate the tithe and what comes with what is given.
Out of ten cantaloupes the first one becomes the tithe or what you bring to God in the storehouse.
One might think that the cantaloupe is the only thing given. However when you bring the cantaloupe to God, you also have brought all the tithe to God. By this I mean that everything that is involved with the cantaloupe is brought to God.
To illustrate, I cut the cantaloupe in half and what we saw was that within the cantaloupe that we brought to God were seeds of more cantaloupe.
So within the tithe you bring to God are the seeds then of your future harvests. It seems that what God makes always bears the seeds of more in it, even man. This perpetuates or continues ongoing blessings and/or provision.
Be Blessed
Pastor Kitner