Where'd the Money Go?

Deut. 13-15; Psalm 71; Proverbs 12:5-7

 

At the end of every three years, bring all the tithes of that year's produce and store it in your towns, so that the Levites (who have no allotment or inheritance of their own) and the aliens, the fatherless and the widows who live in your towns may come and eat and be satisfied, and so that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands. – Deut. 14:28-29

 

I’m guessing that in most of our churches A) we don’t actually tithe and B) a third of the funds we do give is not actually making it to the “Levites, aliens, fatherless and widows” who live among us. Either that, or it’s missing the aliens, fatherless and widows and going entirely to the “Levites.”

 

We should at least consider whether our tithes are going where they ought to be going.

 

Father, help me to pay attention to Your Word’s guidance for the way I spend money that You have given me. And help Your church to pay attention, too.