Giving Tithes to God

A Christian poem of faith.

Revelations of the heart
regarding how one's money is spent
echoes volumes about character
and our God-given talents.

For Jehovah is far from being poor;
He owns the cattle on a thousand hills.
He's not into ungodly extortion
to keep you from paying your bills.

By serving two masters,
one will be dearly loved - the other sorely hated;
so one can never be truly happy
until settling the God and Mammon debate.

The wealth of God lies in His Word.
His principle of tithing is a mechanism
to pour out financial blessings upon us.
Therefore, purge your mindset of secularism.

Jehovah desires our faithfulness
to fulfill our ministry to the Earth.
We won't be judged on our daily income -
Know that money can never define... Our true worth.

 

 

Author Notes:

 

FYI - Mammon is the church term for the "God of money".

 

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By Joseph J. Breunig 3rd, © 2008, All rights reserved.

 

 

Reviews

[Brenden Taylor]

Really nice poem, here. Solid ideas with equally solid images. Though it feels a little uncomfortably forced at times, it still works. I think my favorite phrase is "He's not into godly extortion / to keep you from paying your bills."

I also like the dichotomy set up between the themes of worldly riches and spiritual wealth - something all us Christians need to be reminded about.

90 from me.