One of the verses that the Lord placed on my heart for the World Race is Ephesians 3:20, which is, “Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us.”
I walked into month 1 ready to play in the dirt and sacrifice for the Lord. I am ready to get uncomfortable and have the Lord stretch and grow me in ways I cannot even imagine. I want to see him move in BIG ways. I know He is able, and I want to play a part in the things He is doing all over the world.
I am praying for big things this year. I pray that I will witness COUNTLESS miracles. I want to witness the blind, see again. I want to see the lame, walk again. I am even praying to see the dead be raised to life again. I know that God is a BIG God and that he is a God of miracles. He created the entire world in 6 days. He knows every single person’s beginning, present, and end. He knows everything that ever did, is, and will happen, in a single moment. I get so excited meditating on the power and strength of the Lord. It honestly overwhelms me in the best possible way.
However, this month has been an unexpected soft landing onto the field. We have been insanely blessed with a large house that has hot showers (yes, plural), wifi, and multiple bedrooms. We aren’t really lacking anything that I can think of.
Being surrounded with all these blessings has been hard to see God move in the big ways that I have been expectant for. For the first few weeks I was upset because I thought that I was missing out on seeing God move. This week, the Lord opened my eyes to some of His other characteristics. The part of Him that I have been blind to and overlooking for my entire life. The side of Him that cares about the details, just as much as the big things.
When my eyes were opened to the intentional and gentle side of the Lord, He took me back to the beginning of the month and showed me all the times where he came through for me and my team. I honestly missed so much because I was so busy looking and waiting for the big things.
This month the Lord has shown up in SO many ways.
Here in Kota Baru, Indonesia, they have bus transportation that gets us around town and to the school that we are helping out at. The first week we were here, the bus was extremely punctual, we never had to wait longer than around 15 minutes for it. Well, that was a huge blessing because ever since then, the bus has been unpredictable. We have had a lot of times where the bus never came, and we had to walk 2 miles back home. BUT, 90% of the time, when that happens and we start to walk home, someone from the school will see us and drive us home. GOD!
One time we really wanted bananas, but the store didn’t have any. The next day, after we were done helping out at with a swim meet, they gave us a huge bag of leftover bananas to take home. GOD!
Caley and I both got pretty sick this month. We are the only ones that have a room to ourselves. GOD!
One day we were really busy, but needed to go to the store in town, and then somehow make it back home in 2 hours. Since the bus is unpredictable, there was no logical way that we could make it. Out of no where, a student’s mom offered to drive us to the store, wait for us, AND drive us back home. We made it home with 30 minutes to spare. GOD!
This month we have been working with the kindest people ever. Their community is so healthy and Christ focused, that alone is a blessing for our team to witness and learn from. GOD!
Lastly, the teachers at the school have invited us to SO many dinners, it is unreal. This might be the sweetest blessing of them all because it is at these dinners where we really get to know the teachers on a deeper level. Not only, but also, not having to cook for 7 people after a 7-3 (sometimes 4) day at school is SO nice. GOD!
There are so many more ways the Lord has showed up in the details. It is in these moments where I have really got to see a side of God that has always been there, but I am just now starting to see.
When I was talking with Shelby about how the Lord is showing me a more tender and gentle side of Him, she said something that it definitely worth quoting (this girl is so wise y’all).
“Just think, the Lord who created the Heavens and the Earth, who created the galaxies, ALSO created every single fiber and cell in our being, we can’t even see them, but He can”
Love,
-a
