An assistant that stole from God!

Viviane Freitas

  • 11
  • Jul
  • 2013

An assistant that stole from God!

  • 11
  • Jul
  • 2013

A few days ago I was counseling an Assistant, who was telling me about the struggles she was facing at every level.


She told me she had gone through very difficult times in which almost led her to give up her faith.

She also stated humbly that she even put her salvation at risk because of all the struggles. She couldn’t understand why while supposedly serving God she was living this inferno.

Her voice choked, her eyes filled with tears and with an embarrassed look on her face she confessed that she was distant from God and was serving Him indolently. Her life was all tied up, her time was consumed by her daily chores, couldn’t do anything else and never had time to put on her uniform.

Our conversation was very productive, it lasted about two hours. I asked her if she was reading the Word of God and when was the last time she read it, she promptly replied that she had read it that morning. I questioned her again, “What did God speak to you? Tell me the spirit of what you have read.” Immediately, she told me:

“It was very strong, God showed me a word that for years I have read so many times, but I never saw it in this way before:
“Will a man rob God? 
Yet you have robbed Me! 
But you say, 
‘In what way have we robbed You?’
In tithes and offerings.
“(Malachi 3:8)

When I was meditating on it I kept thinking: But I don’t steal, I’m a faithful tither and give my offering. What does God wants to speak to me in this passage? That’s when God showed me clearly that I, in fact, was robbing Him when I failed to take the time to serve with excellence, commitment and dedication. I made time for everything and everyone but not to dedicate myself to His Work. ”

When she said that I showed her that there laid the root of her problem, the reason why your life did not go forward. Although, I understand that she has many responsibilities to take care of, but she was not making time for God. Therefore, she was “stealing” time from the Owner of time!

When is it that I steal time from God?

– When I spend time on things that don’t bring me any Spiritual benefit, with my desires, distractions, vanities, and when I give in to my own interests.

My dear Assistants, the time we dedicate to Him, the investment we make on the altar is what makes us the perfect tithe and offering.

After our conversation the assistant left with her eyes opened and even I benefited from it, God also spoke to me. It made me examine where I have invested my time in.

Assistants, where have you invested your time in?

Leave your sincere comments and tell me: Have you ever seen this passage in this way? Have you analyzed it in this way?

Who ever never stole from God, cast the first stone!


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13 comentários

  1. Thank you so much mrs Vivian for sharing
    This is an eye opener because really at times i may think that it is enough just for me as a servant of God to be faithful in tithes,but now what i understand from here is that i must first be a tithe to my God not to rob God his precious time(which is the time for me to serve Him)…I now learnt to invest more time on my spiritual life or on thing that will edify me.To dedicate myself to do His work…

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  2. I haven’t understood this passage in this way before this post; however whilst meditating on the verse above before reading on I started to analyse how else might I rob God? Then I thought of how much time I spend with Him. Unfortunately, as the assistant from this post, I haven’t been investing much time with God. And I don’t mean by evangelising, making myself available in the church etc, I mean quality time with Him. Being Intimate with Him. This is key to my relationship with God. I’m rebuilding my relationship with Him (thanks for the opportunity He has given to me).

    God bless you and the experience of this assistant. A blessing in disguise as I believe her experience (although tough and challenging) has opened many servants’ eyes, inc. myself.

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  3. Wow thank you for this post , its very strong yet true , we make time for everything and end up leaving God to the side when it should be the total opposite . Now i Realized i need to give more & more of me to God .

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  4. i never understood this scripture in this way..but after seeing this post i took time to read and asked God to speak to me..i have been stealing God’s glory..some things that i used to do in honor of name i do less even when He gives me an inspiration, it is either i delay or not do at all, thus denying Him His glory that rightly belongs to Him. I have been limiting God and not allowing Him do what He wants with me and as a result i have seen only less of His power upon my life.

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  5. I have read this scripture and thought it had nothing to do with me because I dont rob God,so I thought,but after this message I realise that I have been stealing from my Creator the time I should be spending with Him while I am busy with other things.

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  6. No I never understood it like this. But I have stolen from God. lately I have been amking excuses as to why I can’t do this for God, or that for God. But no more, I will accept to do things for God and will do them with excellence.
    Thnak you very much please keep writng these they are a blessing to me. I want to osberve not see!

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