Proverbs 3:9–10 lays out one of the clearest financial principles in the Kingdom of God. It is not only a call to generosity but a divine system of order, increase, and honor. When Scripture says, “Honor the Lord with your possessions,” it establishes that how we handle what God gives us determines whether Heaven entrusts us with more. The firstfruits are not about money alone. They represent trust, obedience, and recognition of divine ownership.

When believers give to support ministry, they are not performing charity. They are participating in covenant. God’s design is mutual honor—He blesses His people, and His people, in turn, uphold His work on earth. Every ministry requires resources to operate. Preaching, teaching, outreach, and counsel take time, energy, and finances. Yet many Christians expect to receive spiritual guidance, business wisdom, and biblical insight without cost, as though God’s servants are sustained by invisible means. This mindset contradicts Scripture and undermines the very system God created to sustain His Kingdom work.

In Galatians 6:6, Paul writes, “Let the one who is taught the word share all good things with the one who teaches.” That means when someone receives revelation, strategy, or wisdom that elevates their life or business, they have a biblical obligation to honor that source. This is not transactional; it is spiritual law. What is honored multiplies. What is ignored withers.

Ministries do not operate on sentiment. They require structure, stewardship, and financial faithfulness. Every time someone benefits from the ministry or the counsel given and chooses to honor God through that, they join in the Kingdom partnership that brings increase to both giver and receiver. God’s system never allows one to pour endlessly while others consume freely without returning anything. That is not ministry; that is imbalance. The biblical order requires exchange—honor for labor, support for service, partnership for impact.

When people say they appreciate the wisdom or the support given but never translate that appreciation into tangible partnership, they reveal a gap in understanding. God never designed His servants to carry the burden of others’ increase without proper return. If someone applies the biblical and strategic principles taught to them and sees growth, that is proof the Word works. But that same fruit is also a testimony of responsibility—to sow back into the source of that blessing.

Obedience to Proverbs 3:9–10 ensures sustained overflow. Honoring God and His servants does not diminish anyone’s resources; it multiplies them. When believers neglect this, they rob themselves of future blessing. Malachi 3:10 reinforces the same truth: “Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house.” God ties provision directly to obedience. His promise is increase, but the condition is honor.

To those who claim to be Christians but disregard this principle, Scripture is not silent. In 1 Corinthians 9:11, Paul asks a piercing question: “If we have sown spiritual things for you, is it a great thing if we reap your material things?” That question exposes hypocrisy. Those who say they love God yet refuse to honor the vessels through whom God blesses them are walking in disobedience. Faith without obedience is dead, and honor without substance is empty talk.

The Kingdom of God is built on exchange. Every gift, every revelation, every act of service flows through honor. When Christians understand this, they stop seeing ministry support as optional and start seeing it as sacred partnership. That is how revival is sustained. That is how ministries grow. That is how businesses rooted in faith prosper—through a cycle of obedience, gratitude, and stewardship.

As believers, we must return to biblical order. We must value the work of the Kingdom not with our lips, but with our substance. The barns will be filled, and the vats will overflow only when God is honored with what we have. Those who give to sustain His work never lack, for God Himself ensures their increase. The principle is eternal: honor produces abundance; neglect produces lack. The choice rests with us.