Let me tell you something cool about Jesus, He’s not a halfway kind of guy. He doesn’t do something halfway then get tired and give up. He’s an all in, won’t sleep until its done kind of guy. Jesus doesn’t miss the little things either. He doesn’t stop until the job is finished.
Every couple of months I have fundraising deadlines where I have to reach a certain amount of money… OR ELSE…. Just kidding… well, kind of. Anyways, I was pretty behind on fundraising and the deadline started to creep up on me. Although, if you know me at all you can imagine I wasn’t too worried about this deadline. Not because I’m super confident in myself, but because I’m super confident in Jesus. Before I knew it I had 3 days to raise 1,300 dollars. I think any normal person would probably freak out at this point but as I said, Jesus isn’t a halfway kind of guy. He doesn’t get me to 3,700 dollars then just give up. If he got me to 3,700 SURELY He will get me to 5,000.
I guess some people have a hard time with this mentality that you’re completely trusting Jesus to provide because fundraising is supposed to be all about YOU. It’s about YOU working hard. It’s about YOU asking for money. It’s about YOU getting uncomfortable and reaching out even when you don’t want to. It’s all about what YOU do. If YOU don’t work super hard the money won’t come.
Okay, obviously some of this isn’t wrong. I can’t just sit on my butt and expect 18,000 dollars to show up in my account. I will absolutely do everything that I need to do to raise money but here’s the difference… It’s not out of a place of “work”. It’s not out of a place of “if I’m not good enough the money won’t come”. It’s not about ME. Let me tell you if I had to raise 18,000 dollars on my own “doing” I’d be #screwed. There’s a HUGE difference in fundraising from a place of worry and thinking it’s all on you to fundraising out of a place of confidently expecting good and knowing it’s actually all on Jesus.
When you take the stress and worry out of the matter it looks a little bit different. I was told I wasn’t doing enough. I was told that I had too much faith and that I can’t just trust that Jesus is going to provide. I was told to work harder and do more. I’m not saying that working hard is bad, but what I am saying is that most people make it all about themselves and forget about Jesus. When you’re not looking at yourself and you’re just looking at Jesus like I said, it just looks a little different and I guess that #confuses #some #folks #and #they #dont #like #it.
Here’s a little secret… If you tell me not to do something I’m going to want to go out and do it just because you told me not to (let’s be real you probs do that too). When I was told to stop trusting Jesus and to start doing more let me tell you I did the EXACT opposite. I had 3 days to raise 1,300 dollars and oh boy was I excited for Jesus to prove them wrong. You know what I did? I waited and trusted that Jesus was going to provide EVERY penny. Instead of begging Jesus for the 1,300 I thanked Him for it because I knew He was going to do it. I prayed from a place of faith and confidently expecting good. I prayed what I already believed was true…and you know what? That exact day I got 1,000 dollars. WHAT?! Jesus, you really did that?!? It gets better though. I had two more days and at first, I thought, well that’s good enough I’ll just donate the rest with my own money. BUT OH WAIT… Jesus isn’t a halfway kind of guy! If He can get me THIS far surely He’ll take me all the way. So I thanked Him for the rest of the money… Because I really believed that He wasn’t going to just stop there… And you know what? He didn’t. I woke up the day before the deadline to the EXACT amount of money that I needed… Every.Single.Penny. I think Jesus probably giggled a little when He did it too. Like ha! I don’t stop until the work is finished!
If Jesus can get me to my first deadline, I am incredibly confident that He isn’t going to stop until I am FULLY funded. I will continue to do everything that I need to do to raise support, but oh boy Jesus is going to be doing MUCH more and I can’t wait to see Him continue to show up and blow my mind by His faithfulness.
Thank you to everyone who has shown SO much support during this time. Y’all have really outdone yourselves and I am so incredibly thankful. If you are reading this and want to help you can go to my blog and press “donate”. Your support and prayers are so appreciated… I love you all!
