wealth

I recently visited www.globalrichlist.com and found out that I’m in the top 3% of people in the world in terms of wealth.  I know I don’t “feel” wealthy because I have to watch my money and be careful in many ways – but most people have less than me, so I’m blessed. 

Proverbs tells us to honour the Lord with your wealth and with the first of our income. This means that whatever we earn, we take the first percentage (10%) and give that back to God, this is called tithing.

My Father John Alley was a missionary in Papua New Guinea many years ago and had the task of teaching new christians all over the country to tithe. He worked for the Salvation Army and back in the early 1980's tithing was so low in all those new churches that it averaged less than a dollar per person per year.