Wealth

Continuing with our instructions for living:

Proverbs 3:9-10

Honor the Lord with your wealth,
    with the firstfruits of all your crops;
then your barns will be filled to overflowing,
    and your vats will brim over with new wine.

These next couple of verses tell us how we are to handle our wealth.  We are to take the firstfruits of all of our crops, or the first of your earnings if you are not a farmer and honor the Lord with them.  This does not specifically say you have to take only your money and give it to the Lord.  It says to ‘Honor the Lord with your wealth’. 

Are you wealthy in other areas of life?  What about physically?  Have you been given physical wealth where you could lend a hand to someone else?  What about mental wealth?  Are you able to help someone else through a problem mentally?  What about being joyfully wealthy?  Have you shared that joy with another?

While we are certainly told to tithe as well, I think we often forget that we are to honor the Lord with the firstfruits of all of our crops.  When we pour of ourselves into others, we are filled to overflowing in return.

What part of the wealth God has given you do you need to share today?