On robbing God

I've finally come to the realization that robbing God is never beneficial. God, who is ultimately in control of all things, has given to me money from my job. And what shall I do with it? Spend it on neccesities, and then set aside 15% that I can spend on my own pleasure?
Not only has my own pleasure been cheap and hollow, but God has taken note of it.

"Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. The one who sows to please his sinful nature, from that nature will reap destruction; the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. "
-Galations 6:7-8

I do not doubt that my hours being cut or unpleasant surpise expenses are divine proddings to open my eyes to sin. And perhaps you, dear reader, are thinking to yourself, "I have not robbed God, and yet troubles overwhelm me!" There is no way for me to know why these things are going on in your own life. All I know is that here and now God is getting my attention.


"Will a man rob God? Yet you rob me.
"But you ask, 'How do we rob you?'
"In tithes and offerings. You are under a curse—the whole nation of you—because you are robbing me. Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this," says the LORD Almighty, "and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have room enough for it.
-Malachi 3:6-10

This excerpt from Malachi has at least two sides to it. On the one, it is foolish to rob God. He will get what belongs to him, and whatever we believe to be gain will actually be great loss to us. And yet, the second side is the polar opposite; God downright says , "Test me in this."
If we could just find it within ourselves to give God what is already his, then he will throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that we will not have enough room for it!

I have robbed God. Have you?