Read Proverbs 3:9  There are different ways that we can honor God.  Honoring God means to respect Him.,  We can honor Him by obeying His Words.  We can honor God by being kind to others.  We can honor God by going to His church on Sunday and meeting with God's other children.  But this verse is talking about honoring God with our giving.  When we work and earn money, God expects us to give back part of it to Him.  He gives us the strength and wisdom to work and earn money, and He asks us to thank Him by giving back a part of our earnings to Him.  Sometimes that is called our offering - what we offer back to God.  Sometimes it is called our tithe.  The tithe means one tenth.  If you earn ten cents you owe one cent to God.  If you earn ten dollars, your tithe is one dollar.  The tithe means one out of ten belongs to God.  An offering is above that.  An offering is what we freely give to God.  We don't figure one out of ten, we just give extra to God because we love Him.  But how do we give to God?  Do we take our money and throw it up into the sky and hope that God will take what He wants.  No, we give the money at church in the offering and the church officers give the money out to needy people, to the pastor, to missionaries, to pay the electric bill at church.  They use the money as God would use it.  In the Old Testament, most of the people were farmers.  They would harvest their crops and divide them into ten parts and give God one part of the ten.  When they gathered ten baskets of grain, they gave one basket to God.  When they gathered 100 clusters of grapes they gave 10 clusters to God.  But they loved God so much that, when they began their harvest, they gave God the first basket of grain.  They gave God the first clusters of grapes.  Doesn't that show God that we really love Him! We don't just give him one of the ten baskets; we give Him the first basket; we give God the firstfruits!  Let's honor God.  Let's give Him the best.  I know that He will be pleased with our gifts to Him.