that I do not have expectations for this trip. Everyone has some at least foggy
idea of what they expect for their future. So there is no way I do not have any
expectations regarding my life from September 8th through December 8th
2009.
I am expecting that God is
going to move in mighty ways. I have been praying about this trip for a very
long time, and I know that there are some really cool things God wants to do. I
do not have a clue yet about the details but I do know that God’s plans will in
the end be to glorify himself. I know that God wants to touch the lives of the
people of India and he also wants to touch our lives. I am expecting to be
radically changed by this experience. There are without a doubt specific things
that God is taking me to India to teach me, and specific things that God wants
to do in and through me.
I am expecting to encounter
many intense things: poverty like I have never seen, beautiful India Christians,
desperately lost human beings, deep spiritual darkness, physical healing, emotional
healing, dirt imbibed with color.
I am expecting to eat a
bunch of delicious India food and honestly I am going to be a little disappointed
if we eat too much boring “American”
food.
Expectations can be both
good and bad. It is so very important and very powerful to expect God to do
great things. It moves us out of the way and allows God room to move. Having
our expectations in people, things, or events will always let us down. God is
the one person that is always faithful to his word. So if we hold our expectations
only in what he has told us, we will never be disappointed in the outcome. We
might be confused at how he gets us there, but he is trustworthy.
