Bruce Wilkinson, who wrote the YOU WERE BORN FOR THIS BOOK that we studied last year in our small groups, has written a follow up book called THE GOD POCKET. Here's how he describes it:
Many years ago my wife and I felt that too often we were missing out on the thrill of personal, hands-on, God-directed giving. We gave regularly and joyfully to our church and other worthy causes, and we were certainly blessed to help our family members and others when we could.
But increasingly, our giving seemed impersonal, even automatice (and this was in the days before the auto-deduct options on bank accounts). By and large, our giving reflected our decisions based on our understanding and our priorities.
What would happen, Darlene and I wondered, if in addition to our regular giving at church, we could be more purposeful about living in active, daily dependence on God to direct our personal giving?
That way, God could move our funds around where, and when, and to whom He wanted. We could sere as his delivery agents. He'd get all the glory, and we'd have front row seats to one divine provision after another. We needed a practical, God-honoring way to do just that.
Finally a verse in 1 Timothy opened our eyes. The more we prayed about it, the more we saw that this verse might be giving us the answer we'd been looking for. Paul gives young pastor Timothy a picture of how Christians can invite God into their giving in a big way. "Let them do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to give, willing to share.'
The more Darlene and I thought about Paul's advice to be 'ready to give, willing to share,' The more we understood that our problem might not lie in what or where we gave but in how we gave. What we needed was to find a way to respond without hesitation wherever and whenever God led.
The 'God Pocket' became the perfect solution.
The 'God Pocket' is a tool that anyone can use to meet urgent needs as Heaven directs. The idea is rooted in the PRINCIPLE OF ADVANCED TRANSFER - you transwer ownership to God of a specific sum, ahead of time, so that we He chooses, He can meet someone else's financial needs through you.
Your commitment ahead of time to act allows you to emotionally separate yourself from the money in your 'God Poket'. You are just the deliver agent, a messenger on a mission. The funds you carry belong to God to do with as He pleases.
Now you can relex, because the next move is entirely up to Him.
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