Trusting God by Francine E. Shaw

Trusting God

By Francine E. Shaw

Most of us, as believers, seem to pick and choose what we believe, when it comes to the Word of God. We treat God’s Word, as if it is some kind of smorgasbord. What I have notice about one verse in particularly, is Malachi 3:10, which says: “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.” We do not want to choose or claim this verse. Why? It involves money. It involves us giving back to God. We always want from God, but now, the shoe is on the other foot. Do we really trust God, or are we relying on another, or ourselves?

Trusting God is the first step to becoming financially successful from a Biblical perspective. Sometimes, the most pressing difficulties facing the believer, is in the area of finances, simply because, we have not learned how to develop self-control, and discipline. Courage, on the other hand, is the ability to face difficulty or danger with firmness, and without fear. When we truly trust God, we receive courage to face the uncertainties of life. It is difficult enough to be relaxed and efficient at work when one is perpetually worried about our finances.

Our financial problems come because of our attitudes toward money, and inefficiencies in handling it wisely. We must view money realistically. In one of Jesus’ parables, he described a man whose life had been spent in the accumulation of wealth. Then the man died, unprepared to meet God and forced to leave his precious possessions to someone else. Jesus called this man a fool. He was rich in worldly possessions, but poor in his relationship with God. (Luke 2:16-21).

God gives us the ability to prosper, to become wealthy, or He sometimes only supplies our needs, and expects us to trust Him. This was seen in the life of the Prophet Elijah (Deuteronomy 8:17; 1Kings 17; 3 John 2). In trusting God, we must come to realize that everything that is made was made by Him. There is nothing that was not made by Him, and that all things consist in Him. He has the power and authority to give us everything we need, and the desires of our hearts. Even though God is sovereign, some of His blessings are conditional (John1:1-3; Deuteronomy 28). The key to trusting God is obedience, when God speak to our hearts. He wants us to obey.

The divine favor of the LORD is given to those who love and honor Him. Those who seek Him for wisdom, knowledge, and understanding needed to become obedient to His will. Proverbs 8:33-35 says:

“Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not. Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors. For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favor of the LORD (Proverbs 8:17-21; Proverbs 10:22).

When we neglect to give our tithe to the church, which is the body of Christ, and the kingdom of God, we are dishonoring God, and are robbing Him. Malachi 3:8-10 asks us this question:

“Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings. Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation. 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 (Proverbs 10:22), that there shall not be room enough to receive it.” God challenges us to prove or test Him, and while we are testing Him. He says, I will turn back the devourer from bringing you to financial ruins, and in your faithfulness. I will open the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. God is speaking of a continual flow of His blessing upon us. So, the tithe belongs to the LORD, and is the spiritual mark of God. The visible sign of our trust in Him. God gives marks for the purpose of identifying something or someone (Genesis 4:15; Ezekiel 9:4-7; Romans 16:17-20). The offering, on the other hand, is what gives us the increase (2 Corinthians 9:6-8).

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Today, the United States has been rocked to its very core, because of an economic collapse, that many predict has greater ramifications and is some ways more far reaching than the financial collapse of the Great Depression. But there is good news. We, as Christians, are not under that economy. We are under the economy of God. Those who trust and honor, through obedience the sovereign authority and power of God shall rise above it.

In Wisdom for Financial Success from a Biblical Perspective, Francine Shaw details how God moved her from a place of lack, to a place where not only her needs were met, but she had more than enough to accomplish the Kingdom objectives that God places in her path, according to 2 Corinthians 9:8:

And God [is] able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all [things], may abound to every good work...

Shaw discusses the difference between the world s economic system and the Kingdom s of God economic systems. She also discusses strategies, such as, tithing, debt elimination, living within your means and giving your way to true financial success and contentment.

Wisdom for Financial Success from a Biblical Perspective, will help you gain an understanding and desire to seek after God s truth, and way of doing things so that He can direct your paths, according to Proverbs 3:5-6:

Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding in all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.