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Money is one of the most personal topics anyone can raise, and that is precisely why Jesus addressed it so often. Nearly one-third of His parables dealt with money and possessions, more than He spoke about heaven, hell, or prayer in parable form. The reason is not that He needed anything from anyone. It is because the way a person handles their finances is a direct window into the condition of their soul. Every believer is in the position of a steward, someone entrusted to manage what belongs to another. The earth and everything in it belongs to God, and He has simply afforded us the privilege of managing what is already His. That includes every dollar, every hour, and every ability we possess.

Stewardship covers three key areas: time, talent, and treasure. Of these, financial stewardship tends to be the one people struggle with most. Jesus made clear in Luke 16 that faithfulness with small things determines readiness for greater things. How you handle five dollars reveals how you would handle five million. Tithing, which means giving the first ten percent to God, is not a New Testament invention or a legalistic rule. It predates the Mosaic law entirely. Abraham tithed to Melchizedek as an act of worship, and Jacob committed a tenth of his future income to God as an act of faith before anything had even happened for him. In Malachi, God makes a remarkable offer, inviting His people to test Him in this one area and promising to open the windows of heaven in response.

Second Corinthians 9 lays out five principles of generous giving: the law of the harvest, the attitude of the giver, the grace that supplies, the God who multiplies, and the incredible gift of God Himself. Giving is not about emptying your account. It is about making a deposit into the economy of God. Paul closes his entire theology of giving not with a budget plan but with worship, pointing to the fact that God gave first, gave fully, and gave sacrificially when He gave His Son. Generosity is not a financial strategy. It is what love looks like in action. The real question is not whether you can afford to give. It is whether you can afford to withhold your hand from worship.

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