“Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.” Malachi 3:10.

A conditional clause indicates the circumstances under which another clause is true or occurs. It is the ‘if’ part of an ‘if-then’ statement. In the Word of God, there are both unconditional and conditional clauses to His commands. Malachi 3:10 provides a clear example of God’s conditional promise to the House of Israel.

Malachi 3:7-10 recounts Israel’s rebellion and disobedience for failing to follow God’s ordinances. But God lovingly responds in verse ten with a conditional clause: “Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.” Malachi 3:10. This is God’s promise of blessing if they obey.

The condition was clear: if they brought the tithes and offerings required by the Lord into His house, they would be showered with innumerable blessings from above. 

The word of God says they were to prove His promises, meaning to establish that His truth is genuine or valid. The value of any promise is as good as the promiser. Our Great and Almighty God is faithful, and He can do the impossible! 

Therefore, when our Almighty and Everlasting God makes a promise, we can rest in the assurance that He is faithful and true to His word. He was faithful then and now! “I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread” Psalm 37:25.

Is God calling on you to prove Him in an area of your life today? Choose to obey and fully trust in His omnipotence and unconditional love. He will always exceed our greatest expectations. “Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.”

So, let us rest in the confidence that regardless of how fierce the winds of life may blow, we can rest assured that God will faithfully deliver us! “And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.” Isaiah 46:4.

God’s blessings of peace, strength, and amazing grace keep us all.