Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Walking in Faith - living in the overflow

After teaching Financial Peace University and being a strong proponent of budgeting and fiscal responsibility, and feeling really good about it, the Holy Spirit completely updated my outlook on the principle and application of money as a tool.  A friend of mine tells me that he has never done a budget before in his life and I stare at him aghast and in shock until he explains why.  Limiting yourself to a  budget limits you to the money and resources you have the ability to create, whereas bringing before God what you want to do (without a concern for the cost )  and getting his nod of approval does not limit you to your resources, but  now with God's agreement and partnership, simply outlines your contribution to what you and he have partnered in agreement to.  I am going to Nicaragua in two weeks without having any pre-commitment of funds from anyone. My wife, Lesley  and I have determined to bless the people there, to serve them,  love them, feed them , teach them, give gifts etc. and God wants us to do it.  It is his will and the $5k that we need is mostly his to come up with.  Even though my wife hasn't worked in two months and has actually spent money creating her non-profit we are completely at peace about it having faith that it will happen, because we live in the overflow.  The overflow ( or the leftovers) is/are the baskets of loaves and fishes that remain after we are obedient to Jesus to give the few fish and loaves in our hands, and after the need of the people is met. Most of the time the overflow is more than what we started with.  Our step of faith was to buy plane tickets and then the fountain of blessing began.

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