Volume#10 Issue # 2 November 2013 - Expectations

In November, I will be sharing at the Pioneers Orientation Program for new people joining our mission. I was given the topic: “Expectations on the field.” I had to laugh a little since my teammate and I have been fighting over this very theme for the last few years. He likes to encourage us all to have “low expectations.” He reminds me that if we are not hoping for too much, we won’t be disappointed.   I’ve always thought this line of reasoning sounded pretty pathetic for servants of the Most High. We have a God who is capable of all things. It was William Carey who first said, "Expect great things from God, attempt great things for God." The prophet Jeremiah reminds us that God “knows the plans he has for us” (Jer 29:11). He knows the plans he has for you, me, and the YOU people. Let us therefore pray with expectation of seeing His great plans put into action.