It is like you have a cup in your hands, and God turns on the faucet. Jesus calls for us to give into His kingdom, and the beauty of His calling is that not only will our gift return to us, but our blessing will be “pressed down, shaken together, and RUNNING OVER”. This is not a matter of question, but a statement. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you.” So what exactly is Christ saying in this passage? First, He is telling us to give. In a moment we are going to take up this morning’s tithes and offerings, but first let’s open up our Bible to Luke’s gospel, and we will head over to chapter 6, verse 38. We can see here that Jesus says, “Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. Good morning everyone and welcome to Our Church. I stand on it, I have faith in it, and I act on my faith today!” I believe in your word where it says that you will open the windows of heaven and pour out a blessing. If we choose to obey and to trust in His word and accept his challenge, He will prove His word faithfully every time. Confession: “Father, today I bring my tithe and my gift into your storehouse. By believing that He can, and will, do what he says in His word. It is God’s desire to not only bless us but to bless us past the point of having room enough to receive it! But how do we access this blessing? By faith. He says to “try me”, and see what I can do with your gift.
He says to bring our tithes to His house and present them before Him, but what follows is a challenge! He says, “TRY ME NOW IN THIS…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.” God is asking us to have faith in his Word. In a moment we are going to take up this morning’s tithes and offerings, but first let’s open up our bible to Malachi chapter 3, verse 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.” In this passage, the Lord presents us with a challenge.