“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.”
The Treasure
This is one of the few places scripture explicitly invites testing God directly, prove me now herewith, an unusual invitation given how consistently scripture elsewhere warns against testing God. The specific context here, faithful tithing, is named as the one place this kind of direct testing is genuinely welcomed rather than warned against.
This suggests something significant about giving specifically. God is not merely tolerating generosity as a nice spiritual discipline with uncertain results. He is inviting direct, verifiable testing of his own faithfulness in response to it, windows of heaven opened, blessing poured out, room insufficient to receive it, described with genuine specificity and confidence.
This is worth holding honestly against whatever hesitation or fear currently governs your own giving, financial anxiety that quietly assumes generosity is a genuine risk to security rather than the actual invitation to test God’s own faithfulness this verse describes it as being, specifically and directly.
Consider today whether you have genuinely tested this promise, bringing your own faithful giving with actual, deliberate expectation of God’s response, or whether fear has kept you from ever actually proving this invitation for yourself. Bring it today, and prove him, the way this verse specifically, uniquely invites.
Steward the Treasure
- Notice honestly whether fear has kept you from genuinely testing this specific promise.
- Bring your own faithful giving today with actual, deliberate expectation attached.
- Trust God’s own invitation here to prove him, rather than merely giving out of obligation.
Prayer
Lord, I bring my giving to you today, and I prove you, as you have specifically invited. Open the windows of heaven, and teach me to trust your faithfulness here. Amen.
Carry this today
This is the one place scripture invites you to directly test God’s own faithfulness.