Outside the Circle – Blogging about The Circle Maker – Chapter 5

Chapter 5 - Cloudy with a chance of Quail

• Summary
  • Faith is the willingness to look foolish
  • In order to experience a miracle you need to take a risk
  • If you put what you have into God’s hands, He will multiply
  • God provides in dramatic proportion
• Problems
  • Faith isn’t just about looking foolish or taking the big risk, it’s about following God even if it makes you look foolish, etc
  • God multiplying what you give to Him doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll get riches here on earth
  • If you believe/circle you’ll get blessings, if you don’t believe, you won’t
  • The entire concept of multiplication anointing
• Solutions
  • God asks us to do the mundane as well as the outrageous, it’s important to obey no matter what He asks us to do
  • There are examples in the bible (Job, Jesus, Paul) and examples in the world to show that earthly measures of wealth aren’t God’s top priority. Matthew 6:19-21
  • Yes, it’s important to have faith but placing the power of blessings in human hands is giving us too much power - Romans 9:16
  • The entire story of multiplication anointing makes me uncomfortable. From the statement of “wasn’t even sure if it was in the bible but I did it anyway” to the highly formulaic way of answered prayer.