The Blessing and Joy of Giving

It is good to note that, the 10% serves as a guide only. We can start lower than that or higher than that, the idea is rather simple, the time will come when, say we start at 3% and this is the best we can give without affecting our personal obligation, if we are continually blessed, there will come a time that this 3% will be nothing to give. Should that time comes, it's best to increase it to such that we feel the sacrifice of giving without affecting our personal obligation and continue to increase it should that feeling of sacrifice vanishes again because, that feeling of struggle and or sacrifice to give will remind us always not to be complacent, that there is someone helping us and we don't own anything, that feeling of sacrifice will remind us always to be humble, check our pride and not give in to the temptation that may come along. 

Also, should we ought ourselves to give some portion of what we receive, we should also be compelled to plan on how to spend the remaining balance. Should we oblige ourself to give but did not bother to plan how we spend the remaining balance, we might just end up in deficit meaning, we over spend and might just end up owing someone. For me, the joy of giving and the blessing that comes along with it will only really show if we simply learn to discipline ourself on how we allocate and spend the remaining balance after we give. God's blessings are not short term, by learning to discipline ourself on how we allocate and spend our resources effectively, we are in for a long term blessing that we can even pass down to our children's children.