Why Unbelievers and Non-Tithers Prosper

“Why is it that some people don't even tithe nor believe in God, yet they're blessed financially i.e., they have high paychecks?” somebody asked me recently. I believe many people ask this same question, especially Christians. This post aims at answering this question by explaining that the law of giving and receiving is a spiritual law.

He who has a slack hand becomes poor, but the hand of the diligent makes rich – Proverbs 10:4 (NKJV)

The soul of a lazy man desires, and has nothing; but the soul of the diligent shall be made rich – Proverbs 13:4 (NKJV)

Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you – Luke 6:38 (NKJV)

There is one who scatters, yet increases more; and there is one who withholds more than is right, but it leads to poverty – Proverbs 11:24 (NKJV)

Truly, there are many people who don’t know God that are genuinely rich, not out of crooked or wicked means, but through hard work. And there are many believers who even tithe but are poor. What can be the cause? The answer lies on the spiritual law of giving and receiving.

Giving and receiving is a spiritual law that governs everyone – both Christian believers and non-believers. Anyone who walks according to the principles of this law will enjoy the benefits anytime and anywhere, regardless who they are.

Two of these principles which some unbelievers also walk by and so prosper include:

1. Diligent hands.

The scripture in Proverbs 10:4 makes it clear that a diligent hand will make its owner rich but a slack hand will make its owner poor. When you are diligent in your business you will reap the labour of your hands (Psalm 128:2). A lazy person, they say, has no future.

A tither who is lazy and is not diligent with his hands gives God nothing to bless. When the Lord opens the heavens (Malachi 3:10), the storehouse of His bounty, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands (Deuteronomy 28:12) and finds no work of yours, you will miss the blessing. Read more...