As Jason and I are about to have our first baby we have been planning everything in our life out to a T. Every day when I leave for work, we have a plan about what we will do if I go into labor while I am at work. Included in the plan are how I will get to the hospital, where Jason will meet me, who will pack and bring our things that we need to the hospital and most importantly, where we will stop along the way for me to get food.
We aren’t typically this organized. In fact before we were pregnant you could walk into our house at any time and find bills and papers lying everywhere. We make plans last minute and play everything by ear. We just hang out and go with the flow, but there is something about this new little person coming into this world that makes us want to plan ahead so that we don’t miss anything.
I was thinking today about how our relationship with the Lord is very similar. Many times we go through life with no plan, no structure, and no organization because we aren’t really expecting anything great to happen. We would love it if God visited us but we really aren’t expecting Him to.
As the summer quickly approaches, I would encourage you in two areas. Number one, expect God to do something great in your life. Expect to know Him more, to hear Him more and to be used by Him more. And number two, plan for your expectation. If you want God to do something great in your life, plan for that. Read your word, pray, repent for areas of sin, make sure you get to summer camp and be ready when God comes to visit and change you this summer.
Jason and I have been expecting this little baby boy to come for 10 months and have gotten everything done so that we are ready for when he comes. I challenge you to expect God to do something great in your life this summer and then prepare for Him to come and visit you.
