A few years ago, I encountered a great friend and we got to talking. Talking about what the Lord was doing in our lives and where we saw ourselves in the next few years. At the time I still had about 2 years of school left. She, on the other hand, had graduated and was living in this weird time where she found herself saying, “okay God… what’s the next step?” We talked on and on but one thing that she said really stuck out to me.
“I am totally expectant on the things Christ will do in my life. I expect that He will do something big. And use me in ways that I cannot yet see.”
I was completely thrown by this idea. Expectant? We aren’t suppose to expect Christ to do anything… Right? We are to pray, ask, and if that be His will then he will answer our prayers the way he knows is fit. I thought we, as Christians, were suppose to be hopeful not expectant, knowing that Christ hears us and does what he knows is best. But my friend then explained herself.
“Christ is so big. So powerful. So marvelous. So I am expecting Him to be all those things in my life. I am expecting Him to do big things in my life. I am expecting Him to do powerful things in my life that move me in ways that I have never experienced.”
We left the conversation and those words have not left my brain since then. Y’all. She was right. GOD IS SO BIG. Why shouldn’t I expect Him to do big things? Especially when I have to raise $18,017… That is a big number but the God I serve is so much bigger! While walking in this season of life of fundraising and preparing for the largest adventure of my lifetime, I am expectant. I have been praying expectant prayers. And I can tell you that God has continued to blow my socks off!! He is so good y’all!
When I decided to sell t-shirts to help raise money for my trip, I prayed and asked God to sell 300 t-shirts. I prayed expecting that God would fulfill that. I prayed expecting God to move in big ways and reach more people then I could ever think of reaching with just myself selling shirts. Y’all. God has sold 205 of my t-shirts!!! Is that not amazing? And I have still have people buying them!! WOWZA!
Through these t-shirt sells, I have been able to share what Christ is doing through me and what He will be doing through my squad and I in the months that we are on the Race. What a blessing!! To be able to share Christ’s glory with old and now new friends!
Y’all our God is big. He is powerful. He is marvelous. And as soon as we accept that and expect Him to do big things in our lives, He will!
So, go. Ask God to do something big in your life and expect that He will.
With love, xoxo Sav
