I just finished reading Kisses from Katie
But…There’s just this one thing that keeps resonating in my mind.
The book is the true story of Katie, a young girl who sells out to Christ, pulls up roots, moves to Uganda, and works day and night to bring Christ’s love to the people in her path. She started a ministry to help feed and educate children. She adopted children no one else wanted. She dies to self daily for the glory of God. God is using her to do His work.
So that’s a just a little background…just so you know. 
Somewhere at some point in the book she says, “We all want God to do big things.”
I have no idea what she says after that…I just know that she’s talking about feeding the starving and educating the hopeless and loving the unlovable…
But I got stuck right there…On those words…
My first response was to nod my head and say, “yeah, we all do! I want God to do big things!”
But then I started thinking…
And I asked myself, “Do I?”
“Am I asking God to do big things?”
“Am I really?”
Am I asking Him to take care of starving children?
Am I down in the trenches of Africa asking Him to do big things?
And when I searched my heart, here’s what I saw..
…and it wasn’t pretty…
My “big things” were finding the right paint color for my living room.
My “big things” were getting chairs I liked for my dining room.
My “big things” were whining about crayon smeared into a whole load of laundry.
Don’t get me wrong. God cares about the details! He wants to be right there with me while I paint and decorate and do laundry. It’s not that He doesn’t care.
It’s just that that’s all the bigger I was looking!
Ikea even had a great reminder for me in their catalog! {God uses everything!}
My “big things” were not important things. My “big things” were not Kingdom things. My “big things” were self-centered.
I needed to take my eyes off of myself, and ask the Lord for some BIG things.
My BIG things aren’t going to be the same as Katie’s big things. God hasn’t called me to Africa.
But God has called me here. He has a purpose for me here.
So I asked the Lord to broaden my view. To give me BIG things to ask for. BIG things to watch Him do.
BIG things – like faithfully imploring Him everyday for the salvation of my children.
BIG things – like praying for the children at our church. That God would do a work in each ones life. That not one would slip away.
BIG things – like asking Him to make me the wife He wants me to be.
Sometimes BIG things are little things – but they are important things too.
BIG things – like being patient and smiling with my children all day long and not loosing my cool.
BIG things – like giving grace to my husband when we aren’t communicating {because, yep, we are different}.
BIG things – like cleaning the house with joy in my heart.
BIG things – like biting my tongue when I want to lash out.
Because…
Because my God is capable of BIG things. Because my God LOVES to do BIG things. Because….
I WANT GOD TO DO BIG THINGS!
What kinds of BIG things are you asking God to do?
What a great reminder Jenna! I have been prompted lately to pray for my children’s future spouse. Also that I would be the wife and mother He wants me to be. Thank you for the encouragement to keep on.:)