Confession: I don’t have much faith.

The song “God of this City” is the new big thing—and I like it, too. I have a heart for Des Moines. I love Jesus. I want other people to know Jesus. But as we sang this song at church this weekend, I was challenged by the lyrics, “Greater things are yet to come, greater things are still to be done in this city.”

I am challenged because I have seen God do incredible things throughout the last eight years here in Des Moines. I was a part of a campus group that went from 20 people to 200 people throughout my college experience. I have seen God grow a new church from 30 people to 300 people in just a couple years. God has changed the hearts of many people. I have experienced God transforming me to love and serve people more.

“Greater things? God can do more than this?” I think to myself. I somehow allow God to plateau in his work through my lack of faith. I have really small dreams for God…and my small dreams are comfortable dreams.

The reality is that as God works in this city, more is required of me. There are wounded people who need restoration through love and relationships. They need my time, money, and energy. The thought of giving more overwhelms me.

But yes, I know, God really is the God of this city. He loves every person, and desperately wants each one to know him. I decide, once again, to give up my resources for his people. And I find myself, like the centurion, praying, “I believe, help my unbelief.”

Look at the nations and watch and be utterly amazed, for I am going to do something in your days that you wouldn’t believe, even if you were told. Habbakuk 1:5