April 24
CONDITION OF BLESSING
"Bring 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," Mal.
3:10
Many read and plead this promise without noticing the condition
upon which the blessing is promised. We cannot expect Heaven to be
opened or blessing poured out unless we pay our dues unto the Lord our
God and to His cause. There would be no lack of funds for holy
purposes if all professing Christians paid their fair share.
Many are poor because they rob God. Many churches, also, miss the
visitations of the Spirit because they starve their ministers. If
there is no temporal meat for God's servants, we need not wonder if
their ministry has but little food in it for our souls. When missions
pine for means, and the work of the Lord is hindered by an empty
treasury, how can we look for a large amount of soul-prosperity?
Come, come! What have I given of late? Have I been mean to my God?
Have I stinted my Saviour? This will never do. Let me give my Lord
Jesus His tithe by helping the poor, and aiding His work, and then I
shall prove His power to bless me on a large scale.