In-depth of Tithing
Luke 21: 1-4
As he looked up, Jesus saw the rich putting their gifts into the temple treasury. He also saw a poor widow put in two very small copper coins. " I tell you the truth," he said, "this poor widow has put in more than all the others. All these people gave their gifts out of their wealth; but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on."
One of the true power of sacrifice to God is really giving up our FEAR. Example: fear of lost, fear of unknown, fear of insufficient, fear of love, fear of pain, fear of un-acceptance, etc. In this case, it is the fear of poverty.
Overall, God is trying to train us to use the power of "soul over matter". Naturally, our habitat behavior is the other way around. We all have strong-set personality (either positively or negatively).
It is easier to give out some, out of abundance compare to giving a chunk out out of insufficient. How much is the trust in God? How much is the faith in God? How much is the understanding in God? How much is the obedience in God?
Jesus want us to understand and let go of our own thinking (do not mistaken this as being a robot or a zombie; that is not what it meant). He want us to start seeing and understanding the truth without the fear (the blockage).
Faith and trust is a very hard lesson, because you need to struggle with your dominate self before you can see. The hardest part is, your mind will creep in with thought of skeptic, unassurance, insecurity and the blah blah blah before you can see anything. You will begin questioning your own thought, questioning your own action, questioning; questioning; questioning........that can leave you unstable, astray and loose your path.
Replace "God" with "yourself" in the previous question and you will be left with; How much you trust yourself? How much faith you have in yourself? How much understanding you have in you? How much obedience will you be able to commit?
Some may say, I have no problem following every word spoken in the Bible. Yeah, at first until they found out that their practice is contradicting with their daily living. Of course, they will continue to hold on to their, "I believe what I interpret and been taught about God is to be cautious and make sure I am doing the right thing; therefore-it is safe to just listen and just do what comprehend", even if logically, thing are not working out. Do you see the struggle of dominate self here? Principle is struggling with reality.
This is the perfect example of a "Zombie" or blind faith. Practice and belief was not understood so we all tend to use it blindly - doing without truly comprehending what God is talking about. Most of us just read and look at words as it is. If you look objectively the Bible have talk about human behavior and taught us how to handle them. God don't just want us to just follow his teaching, he want us to understand his teaching so we can use it to the boundary of no limit.
Lord,
Please pray for all to fully recognize and understand your teaching so each and one of us see your light and manifest it.
Praise the lord, Amen.
As he looked up, Jesus saw the rich putting their gifts into the temple treasury. He also saw a poor widow put in two very small copper coins. " I tell you the truth," he said, "this poor widow has put in more than all the others. All these people gave their gifts out of their wealth; but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on."
One of the true power of sacrifice to God is really giving up our FEAR. Example: fear of lost, fear of unknown, fear of insufficient, fear of love, fear of pain, fear of un-acceptance, etc. In this case, it is the fear of poverty.
Overall, God is trying to train us to use the power of "soul over matter". Naturally, our habitat behavior is the other way around. We all have strong-set personality (either positively or negatively).
It is easier to give out some, out of abundance compare to giving a chunk out out of insufficient. How much is the trust in God? How much is the faith in God? How much is the understanding in God? How much is the obedience in God?
Jesus want us to understand and let go of our own thinking (do not mistaken this as being a robot or a zombie; that is not what it meant). He want us to start seeing and understanding the truth without the fear (the blockage).
Faith and trust is a very hard lesson, because you need to struggle with your dominate self before you can see. The hardest part is, your mind will creep in with thought of skeptic, unassurance, insecurity and the blah blah blah before you can see anything. You will begin questioning your own thought, questioning your own action, questioning; questioning; questioning........that can leave you unstable, astray and loose your path.
Replace "God" with "yourself" in the previous question and you will be left with; How much you trust yourself? How much faith you have in yourself? How much understanding you have in you? How much obedience will you be able to commit?
Some may say, I have no problem following every word spoken in the Bible. Yeah, at first until they found out that their practice is contradicting with their daily living. Of course, they will continue to hold on to their, "I believe what I interpret and been taught about God is to be cautious and make sure I am doing the right thing; therefore-it is safe to just listen and just do what comprehend", even if logically, thing are not working out. Do you see the struggle of dominate self here? Principle is struggling with reality.
This is the perfect example of a "Zombie" or blind faith. Practice and belief was not understood so we all tend to use it blindly - doing without truly comprehending what God is talking about. Most of us just read and look at words as it is. If you look objectively the Bible have talk about human behavior and taught us how to handle them. God don't just want us to just follow his teaching, he want us to understand his teaching so we can use it to the boundary of no limit.
Lord,
Please pray for all to fully recognize and understand your teaching so each and one of us see your light and manifest it.
Praise the lord, Amen.
Labels: Tithing
posted by honeybee00911 at
9:14 AM
2 Comments:
Giving up fear is gving ur body, mind, and soul to God. Someone shouldn't be givin away their fears by force for that is not tru love to God. God has givin us so much as we have lived. It is only contemptious that we giv back to him.
Showing God our love to Him means that we still have faith of His power.It also means that we still respect Him in everyway. Y do we tithe? God doesn't need our money. Well, it is an act of symbolism. We ust give our fear to God thus, representing that we trust Him and love him.
When u have passed the test of giving urself back to God, He will acknowledge u as truly one of his members.
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Anonymous, at 2:14 PM
Anonymous 2:14
Training your mind.....
How far are you going with your statement of "we do this because he did that" or "we do this because we are showing that"?
Doing all what was mention is just the cover. To get in-depth of it, needs true sincerity, understanding and persevere.
Tithing is a practice of detachment of money, self-principle, uncertainty, greed, selfishness, discipline, and the understanding of life's law order.
If one can do it with understanding, one will start to see. (The awake)
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honeybee00911, at 10:04 AM
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