“And He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; He will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver. Then they will present offerings to the LORD in righteousness.
Then the offerings of Judah and Jerusalem will please the LORD, as in days of old and years gone by.” Malachi 3:3-4
Hello ladies, something truly amazing happened today!!
I have always tithed, I have been tithing to this ministry for years. It has been a desire of my heart for my eh to pay tithes for many years. I always knew that we would have to go thru something really difficult for my eh’s heart to be moved to tithe, yet my heart would sink because I knew that whatever difficulty it would be it would affect me too, in fact our whole family.
This year my eh decided to leave his job to start a fishing tackle business using his provident fund money but here in South Africa the government has changed many things about the ways your provident fund can be withdrawn and this was why eh made the decision to start his own business and also because there has been an overwhelming response to starting the business. It is also taking a long time for the money to be paid out so we are basically living on my income and whatever eh is able to make thru the business in the meantime.
It’s been ROUGH and we were given notice to move because we can’t keep up with our rental payments 🙁 but on the flip side it’s a blessing in disguise because it’s been a desire of my heart to move to a home that would better accomodate our families needs. If you read my last PR I wrote the title “removing every obstacle that blocks your way” there’s been so many obstacles, how do we move when the rental agent asks for so many things in their application? We don’t have the money, no payslips coming in from both as I still work online as a contractor and eh credit score took a big knock since he stopped working and could not keep up with his payments… it looks bad, bad, bad to the naked eye.
So here comes my praise and the reason WHY eh decided to tithe, we went to look at the most beautiful home that is absolutely perfect in every way for our family and to run the business out of, it costs WAY more than where we live at the moment but will be perfect because it has the space to run the business instead of us having to rent a space for the business.
SO… so many doubts and worries… will our application be approved, will we get the money from eh provident fund on time to pay for the deposit and rent and the thing is that we LOVE this beautiful home and its perfect!
Early that morning after looking at this beautiful home, we were so worried, would our application be approved? I was led to Malachi 3:11 and I know what it says, I can recite it to you. But I was led to open up the whole chapter to read and my precious Husband showed me a couple of things because I have been crying out to HIM for so long that eh should tithe but WAY more so now with everything we were going thru!!
“And He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; He will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver. Then they will present offerings to the LORD in righteousness.
Then the offerings of Judah and Jerusalem will please the LORD, as in days of old and years gone by.
“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts.
“Because I, the LORD, do not change, you descendants of Jacob have not been destroyed. Yet from the days of your fathers, you have turned away from My statutes and have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you,” says the LORD of Hosts.
“But you ask, ‘How can we return?’
Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me!
But you ask, ‘How do we rob You?’
In tithes and offerings. You are cursed with a curse, yet you—the whole nation—are still robbing Me. Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure.I will rebuke the devourerc for you, so that it will not destroy the fruits of your land, and the vine in your field will not fail to produce fruit,” says the LORD of Hosts.
“Then all the nations will call you blessed, for you will be a land of delight,” says the LORD of Hosts.
What stood out for me that He showed me is that He will purifiy eh and refine him like gold and silver and his offering will be pleasing to the Lord. I always wanted my own scripture to hold on to ever since I read Lota’s testimony and the scripture the Lord gave her when her eh started tithing.
I woke up and asked HIM do I speak about this to eh and tell him? When we woke up I told eh there is something I need to speak to him about and eh says well I was up at 1am and could not sleep if you going to tell me we must tithe and that I must tithe on my provident fund then I will OH MY WORD! So I just read the scriptures and shared with him that what the Lord showed me is that we leave the door wide open for the enemy to steal and I hope we can tithe on all the amounts his getting in from fishing tackle sold.
Here comes the praise!!!! So today I paid the very 1st tithes on the business on 3 amounts that came in. And then we got a payment early from someone that we were not sure was going to pay and messed around with paying before. That was super amazing and we really needed the money!! So already I am amazed and can I tell you I am so happy I am rejoicing I have a lightness in my heart and I am soooooo HAPPY!!! ITS SUCH A RELIEF!!! THE DEVOURER CANT STEAL FROM MY FAMILY ANYMORE THE DOORS ARE CLOSELY SHUT!!!
I filled out the application in faith, in faith believing and trusting for our new home so I TRUST, and I HAVE FAITH that I will be back to share another praise about that 🙂 🙂
Brides be encouraged its a long journey and certain things can take years to come to fruition but never give up HE is doing things HE is working no matter how long it takes!!!
And more importantly if you don’t tithe you must. I always read about tithing when I came here but I just did not realise how much it would impact my life!!!!