Tuesday Meditation
Tithing is a Ritual.
St Paul encouraged us as Christians to ”test all teachings; hold fast what is good. 1 Thessalonians 5: 20 -21. Many a time we hear some preachers making insinuations that if one doesn't tithe, his life would be tight. Nothing could be further from the truth. We should be able to test every teaching with this words ”Is this in line with the new covenant of God's grace? Are there new covenant Scriptures to back up this teaching. If there's none, lay it aside. It's interesting to note that neither Jesus nor his disciples paid tithe or encouraged anyone to do so, they only paid tax and encouraged people to give freely not under any kind of compulsion. Cf 2 Cor 9 vs 7. So why are preacher making tithing a sine qua non to Gods grace and unmerited favour? Your guess is as good as mine, GREED. The devil can cite the scriptures for his own purpose especially the old testament. So be careful when you hear them quote, Malachi 3 vs 10, Gen 14 vs 19. Lev. 27 vs 30.

When you read your Bible as a Christian, read everything in its context, don't just take what the preacher says hook, line and sinker, do your personal research and meditate on the word for supernatural enlightenment and understanding.
It was Miles Coverdale, the man that translated and produced the 1st English Bible in the 16th Century who said ”It shall greatly help thee to understand Scripture, if thou mark not only what is spoken or written, but of whom, and unto whom, with what words, at what time, where, to what intent, with what circumstance, considering what goeth before, and what followeth after.

The old testament/ covenant of Law and rituals is just like the Rear-view mirror( very small), whereas, the new testament/covenant of grace and unmerited favour is like the windshield(very big). You can't go forward while looking at the rear mirror, you will definitely crash you go forward y concentrating on the windshield. In the old covenant, God commanded the Israelites to set aside their first-born male (man and animal alike) and 10% of their harvest for him, and for the upkeep and support of the priest, synagogue, the poor, orphans, widows and foreigners. But in the new covenant, God offered his first and only begotten son for our sake once and for all, for the remission of sin and command us to love our neighbours as ourselves, and always give without measure, for God loves a cheerful giver. This is what the new covenant of grace hinges on. To me, it's an insult to Jesus salvific work and kind of ritual practice to percentage what we offer God from his goodness to us.

The old testament Malachi 3 vs 10 ”Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine House...”
Has been replaced by new testament Luke 6 vs 38 ”Give and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over...”

In conclusion, we cannot mix the Gospel of grace and law together, it's either we take Christ as our reference point as Christians or we take Moses. There is no mid-point. Hebrew 7: 18 says the former Commandment is set aside because it is weak and useless.

Plz. Don't take my words for it, research, meditate and pray about this topic. It's just my personal opinion .

Remain Blessed.