The God Who Provides | First and Best

In Week 2 of First & Best, we get specific about the practice God uses to train our trust: the tithe. "The God Who Provides" tackles the question that makes most of us tighten up — can I really trust God with my money? — and reframes it entirely. The tithe isn't about God needing something from us; it's about God forming something in us. Working through Jesus' warning against greed in Luke 12, the trust invitation of Malachi 3, and Jesus' words in Luke 11, we name the thing hiding behind our hesitation: money makes a convincing god, but a terrible one. This isn't a guilt trip or a prosperity gimmick — it's an honest look at how giving our first and best rewires our hearts to trust the God who actually provides. Wherever you are, there's a next step: from nothing to something, something to proportional, proportional to generous.