Deny Yourself - Mark

Numbers 29:7
On the tenth day of this seventh month hold a sacred assembly. You must deny yourselves and do no work. (NIV)

Ten days later, on the tenth day of the same month, you must call another holy assembly. On that day, the Day of Atonement, the people must go without food and must do no ordinary work. (NLT)

Tithing is a way that God humbles my heart and helps me to focus my attention on Him. God does not need my money, He needs humble servants.

Numbers 12:3
Now Moses was a very humble man, more humble than anyone else on the face of the earth.

Perhaps fasting, denying my human nature, is the next level of Spiritual maturity. Praying, Praising, Reading, Tithing, and Fasting are ways that God uses to help me take my focus off of me and my problems. When I spend my time seeking Him, then human wisdom does not interfere with my communication with God.

I am excited about the things that God is sharing with me during this time of fasting.