I am a firm believer in hard work. I’m not perfect in this area, but I do believe that you can achieve nearly anything if you are willing to work hard for it. The thing about this is that sometimes what God has called us to goes beyond our hard work. And that doesn’t excuse laziness and it doesn’t excuse complacency, but I think it frees us up to do more, knowing that God will always exceed our expectations. I think it frees us up to do what it is he’s called us to do and to do even more in his strength, not in our own.
And that’s what I’ve seen in this whole fundraising process. I am willing to put in the work, but its not without his help. He gives creativity, resources, laborers and so many tools and as I’m willing to use them, I’m watching as he is doing the exceedingly and abundantly more. I’m nearly to my first deadline and I know God isn’t remotely close to showing off to me yet. Someone told me today that “he likes to show up in the end,” and I cannot wait for the moment I get to look back at all he has done in the wake of something that to the world is just a silly trip. (Ha!)
I’m only about 23% funded, and I have such a short time to raise the money, but as I submit my worry to my Father, I’m watching him smile at me and give with an open hand, not only the money, but community and love and support that I had not realized I was even missing. He is redeeming the time and using my favorite part about him–his creativity–to surprise me in his perfect love.
All this to say that I get to ask him for up to half his kingdom, and out of the deepest parts of his heart, he gives. That as a response, I get to ask for miracles that I haven’t seen before, and he just gets to do what he does best. By his mighty power at work within me, he is doing the exceedingly and abundantly more, but even beyond that, he is writing a bigger story. This is a preview. A foreword. Just wait and see. You’ll either be a part of this miracle or a spectator, but my gosh, you’ll get to see his glory and his grace and his goodness through this just as much as I will. Can you stand it?? I can’t wait.
