In many parts of American society, people participate in a process called ‘floating checks.’ That is, because they are forced to meet a deadline or pay for an item or service, they are asked to write a check to an individual and/or company even though the actual money is not in the bank account. This individual and/or company agrees to ‘hold’ the check until a post-dated date in the near future.

As a friend asked me a few weeks ago to ‘hold’ a check that he was writing to me, I couldn’t help but think about the principles that God wants to deposit into ... (Continued)