Malachi 3:10 ” Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in My house. ‘Test Me in this’, says the Lord Almighty, ‘and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have room enough for it.’ “

God usually tests man, not the other way around…but here, God is inviting His people to prove His claims, justify His commands, and determine for themselves His essential character and integrity. The Apostle Paul in his second letter to the Church in Corinth called them to excel in the grace of giving…suggesting that love should move them to greater generosity, and that the Old Covenant of tithing was just the minimum they should be giving. In II Corinthians 9:7 Paul wrote, “Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.” In other words, God examines our motives for giving, not the amount we give.