"The God Fund"

The first time I can remember it in our marriage was when, after selling our house and moving to El Dorado Hills, and setting up our new place on Crestline Circle, we had extra money in our bank account. Helen and I decided to set aside that money for God to use as he saw fit. As God brought needs to our attention, Helen and I would huddle and, if we both felt led, we would use it to meet that need. One time it was for a keyboard at the church, another time for one time money to help missionaries move to the field, another time to help a family where the dad had lost his job.

As years have passed, whenever extra dollars appeared unexpectedly, we considered whether it should go in the God fund. Maybe a bonus, or sometimes it was stock, or even a patent award. In some cases, it was an answer to a family need. Sometimes we decided ahead of time to put the money in the Fund, saying whatever comes from this goes there. We rarely have had a glimpse at that time of what was required; we had no specific cause or need in mind, but God obviously did. So we waited and watched and then acted.

I enjoy it because we get to be the stewards of blessings. We are part of the distribution department in God's economy of blessing. In some years, the God fund has overflowed. This year was a lean year. No worries. Just give as God gives, for God's reasons, in God's timing.

Try it. Dedicate the next unexpected blessing to the God fund. Then use that for the next prayed-for need that God brings into your life.

In Christ,

Tim