Proverbs 3:9-10 states, "Honer the Lord with your possessions, and with the first fruits of your all your increase. So your barns will be filled with plenty, And your vats will overflow with new wine."
Get it? Give to God first and you wont have enough room to hold what will come your way. If you could pay $10 on a bill and you got $100 back, what would you do? So now you got $100 and you pay $10 on that and you get another $100, you now have $190. Because you are blessed you now pay $20 on your bill and you get another $100. You now have $270. You get the point.
The saints would sing this song, "You can't beat God giving, not matter how you try," and according to my numbers, this is right. If you kept this little process going you will have $1000 bucks before you are giving more than the $100 you keep getting. And know God, he has already increased you by then and the blessing comes in an even bigger way.
The best part of this process is seeing the consistency of God. Each and every time you give, He is faithful to give back to you. It is this consistency that keeps Him ahead of us in the giving game. Some days we might not have it, or dont feel like it, or it gets taken from us, or whatever, but God's perfect will is always there and always providing. A paycheck you can count on, now that's God.
