Sunday, April 20, 2008

The Cure To World Hunger

I know that you might find it hard to believe but the answer is in the Bible. It is actually in the Following Passage Malachi, Chapter 3.

8 "Will a man rob God? Yet you rob me.
"But you ask, 'How do we rob you?'
"In tithes and offerings. 9 You are under a curse—the whole nation of you—because you are robbing me. 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. 11 I will prevent pests from devouring your crops, and the vines in your fields will not cast their fruit," says the LORD Almighty. 12 "Then all the nations will call you blessed, for yours will be a delightful land," says the LORD Almighty.

So what is the key? It is the simple Biblical concept of the tithe. It is a promise and a challenge to give away 10 percent of what you earn off the top and give it to God, and his work. If this occurred, and everyone on the planet did this, or at least everyone in the U.S. the Church would flourish, and have huge resources to work on hunger. They could grow food, create self help programs to aid people to produce more food, and the efforts would encourage others to do likewise.

But what about those that gave. They would be blessed much more than they realize. Since I have began tithing I've never had a serious worry about my needs, God has met them all. So this is my challenge, if you are a person of faith give this a try. This is the only place I know of in the Bible where God tells us to test him, for he want us to do well, he wants to bless us, and he wants us to have the resources to help others. If you are not a person of faith, then I invite you to give to a secular aid organization or to spend your 10 percent to help people you know that are in need. If everyone will do this it will take care of this problem, and if it doesn't then you can tell me and God we were wrong. I also invite your comments.

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