Worship Through Tithing and Sabbath
Leviticus 26-27; Acts 23
“A tithe of everything from the land, whether grain from the soil or fruit from the trees, belongs to the Lord; it is holy to the Lord;…Then the land will enjoy its sabbath years all the time that it lies desolate and you are in the country of your enemies; the land will rest and enjoy its sabbaths.”
Leviticus 27:30; 26:34
The principle that everything belongs to God, as reflected by dependency on him through our tithes and sabbath rest, extends beyond the first covenant to the new covenant in Christ. We belong to God! The tithes of all we earn are the Lord’s and are a part of our grateful worship for all God has provided. Even the land required a rest, when every seven years God’s plan was for the land to lie fallow and faith to be exercised with confidence that in the sixth year, he would provide enough food for two years. For 490 years, Israel was unwilling to practice the sabbath, or jubilee rest, for their land. This meant that they endured seventy years in Babylonian captivity while their land rested.
Are we living with dependency on the Lord as reflected in our tithing and sabbath rest?
Or, has God used forced rest to get our attention?
Those who are holy to the Lord know the freedom of tithing and sabbath.
“Lord God, all I have is yours. Be glorified through giving and worship in my life this week, for your glory.”