08.12. Can I Afford to Tithe?

12. CAN I AFFORD TO TITHE?

"How can I afford to pay one-tenth of my income to my church?"

A lady came to me at the close of a message on tithing and said: "Brother Aycock, I can’t afford to tithe. My family would suffer if I gave a tenth. I can’t support them on the nine-tenths of what I earn." I did not argue with the lady, for it seldom pays. But it seems to me that such an excuse is very poor.

Friend, if you cannot live on ninety cents out of a dollar, doesn’t common sense teach you that the dime will not keep you alive much longer?
Be Honest

If we must starve anyway, then let us pay our tithe and live as long as we can on the ninety cents and go out to meet God with clean hearts and say to Him, "I could not make it on the nine-tenths but I did not rob You. I paid my tithe."

Don’t ask the question, "How can I afford to tithe?" A better question is, "How can I afford not to tithe?" No one ever starved to death because he paid his tithes. No children ever suffered because God’s tenth was faithfully given. You can’t afford not to tithe.