Malachi 3:8 reads, “Will a man robe God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings. Ye are cursed (A better translation is ye are rendered powerless) “Ye are rendered powerless: for ye have robbed me, this whole nation. Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven [or the gifts of heaven], and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.”

However, that’s not what scripture says! “and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.” In fact, the King James Version ‘there shall’ and ‘be room to receive it’ is not even in the original translations. That’s why after I do all the research and all the work that can be done with the manuscripts and information available, I then line it up with scriptures to see if it can be substantiated throughout God’s word. Some have called it looking for God’s repeatable. I call it looking for the verifiable in God’s word.

Let me show what the scripture says. What we have here in verse 10 states, “… I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.” That’s not what it says. In fact, the Septuagint is the closest to what is being said here, which is until it suffice and the cleanest translation is: or be enough. So, to read this verse again we see, “I will pour you out a blessing, that it will be enough.” Now stop to think about that. Without knowing what this scripture correctly means, you may have been expecting blessings from heaven. You may have been building a room so large to make sure God knows how much you really want and need. But show me where in God’s book it says that. Now I know some of you will say there are other verses like this. Only if you twist scriptures to meet your desire. Just as the prosperity doctrine folks have done. It says, I will pour you out a blessing that it will be enough, or it shall suffice. In other words, this verse is telling us that God will give us what He thinks we need, and His promise is that He will get us through this day.

To verify this in God’s Word, go to Matthew 6. In this chapter we are told to put the kingdom of God first and take no thought for our lives. I preached a message on it called “Where is Your Heart.” Earlier in this chapter, Jesus teaches about the treasures in heaven and where to store them; not the things of this earth where moth and corruption does its havoc but put them in heaven where you receive your rewards. He then goes on to explain how He takes care of the fowls in the air and the lilies of the field, and even how much more precious we are to Him than those things. Then in verse 31 we are told,

“Therefore take no thought [or therefore be not anxious], saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.”

He knows what you need.  “But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. [Clothing, food, necessities of life.] Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.”

God will take care of you. He will give you enough, which is the same message in Malachi when he wrote, “I will pour you out a blessing [or a gift, or in this case, enough of what you need] until it suffice [or that which is enough].” Jesus had the same message. Those verses in Malachi are not your opportunity to become rich by giving tithes and offerings. Don’t fall the false prosperity preaching circulating around this globe. It is nothing more then an extension of the new thought philosophy or movement repackage. Be faithful in your giving for the right reasons.