“Open your hands, ye whose hands are full! The world is waiting for you! The whole machinery of the Divine beneficience is clogged by your hard hearts and rigid fingers. Give and spend, and be sure that God will send; for only in giving and spending do you fulfill the object of His sending.”
Josiah Gilbert Holland (1819-1881) American novelist and poet recounted in Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers, compiled by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert (New York: Wilbur B. Ketcham, 1895) 25.
Do you have resources stored up on earth that need to be put in play to fulfill “the object of His sending?” As Holland aptly states it: “the world is waiting.” For God so loved the world that He gave… So what are you waiting for?
My mentor and friend, Dr. Wes Willmer, and I will travel about half way around the world to help catalyze the launching of the Christian Council for Transparency and Accountability (CCTA) in Philippines from 7-13 October 2015.
Please pray for safe travel to Tokyo (where we will meet up) and then Manila, for God to give us ears to listen well, for fruitful coaching and trainings, and for God’s blessing on our families back home.
Why go serve CCTA and help launch this? When ministries are transparent and accountable, people more readily open their hands in generosity! They are more eager to “give and spend” to fulfill “the object of His sending.”