Notice the reason God gives: "that there may be food in my house." The tithe wasn't cash for heaven's treasury,…Notice the reason God gives: "that there may be food in my house." The tithe wasn't cash for heaven's treasury, it fed the Levites, the widow, the stranger. God's blessing was already flowing through what they clutched. And then He says the unthinkable: "test me now in this." He dares you to find Him stingy.
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Why does heaven fall silent for half an hour?
The answer is in Revelation 8:1 ↓
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Exodus 33I cannot carry this people alone anymore
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Thank You for not looking away when everything is stripped bare. What the swarming locust left, the great locust ate,…Thank You for not looking away when everything is stripped bare. What the swarming locust left, the great locust ate, and still You spoke to Your people. Thank You that You name our losses honestly and promise to restore the years the locusts have eaten.
Even rising up early and sending them, but you have not listened." Picture that. God up before dawn, sending yet…Even rising up early and sending them, but you have not listened." Picture that. God up before dawn, sending yet another messenger to people who already stopped their ears. He never sent one warning and walked away. He kept getting up. Which voice has he been sending you, early and often, that you keep sleeping through?
Father, when the easier road opens and others take it, steady my heart. I don't always know why I stay,…Father, when the easier road opens and others take it, steady my heart. I don't always know why I stay, only that leaving You would cost me more. Give me the quiet courage to keep walking with You, even when no one would blame me for turning back.
David's answer sounds loyal, but it says nothing at all. "You will know what your servant can do." Cleverly vague,…David's answer sounds loyal, but it says nothing at all. "You will know what your servant can do." Cleverly vague, because he has been lying to Achish for over a year, and now the lie has grown teeth. He is about to march against his own people.
That is what a double life does. It keeps working until the day it demands everything from you. Where are you being vague right now because the truth would cost too much?
Thank You that there is a God in Israel to inquire of, and that You have never left us guessing.…Thank You that there is a God in Israel to inquire of, and that You have never left us guessing. When we are sick and afraid, we do not have to send messengers to Baal Zebub; You are near, and Your word is true even when it stings.
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