Living with the End in View
What Is Expectancy?
Expectancy is the state of looking forward with hope, confidence, or anticipation that something will happen. It often carries a sense of active waiting, not just patience, but readiness, eagerness and preparation, as if leaning forward toward what you believe is coming.
Expectancy is a defining value for our team. It grows from our conviction that the gospel is powerful enough to bring the Great Commission to fulfillment and that God is always faithful to His promises. Because we know the end of the story, we cheated and read the last page of The Book. We step into our work with confidence, joy, and boldness.
This expectancy shapes the way we live and labor. We don’t merely hope that God might show up; we expect Him to act. Revelation tells us, “The Spirit and the bride say, ‘Come,’” which is a picture of heaven and earth working together in unity. That same cooperation is the posture we bring into our work: fully trusting that God is sufficient, capable, and faithful.
Even when the road is costly, even when we encounter impossibilities, we walk forward with anticipation. We expect Him to provide answers. We expect Him to surprise us. We expect Him to accomplish far beyond what we could imagine.
Principles of Expectancy
Through Scripture and lived experience, expectancy takes shape in several ways:
- Confidence in God’s Sufficiency (Romans 15:20)
Paul wrote, “I make it my ambition to preach the gospel, not where Christ has already been named.” The gospel itself is powerful enough, so we do not shrink back. We move forward knowing that God has already equipped His people for the task. - Hope in the Vision Already Revealed (Revelation 7:9–12)
John testified, “I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages… crying out with a loud voice, ‘Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!’” This is not a vague dream but a promised reality. Our expectancy flows from seeing the end in advance. - Courage in the Face of the Impossible (1 Samuel 17)
Standing before Goliath, David declared, “The battle is the Lord’s, and He will give you into our hand.” Expectancy emboldens us to attempt what looks impossible. Our confidence is not in our own strength but in God who delivers. - Faith that Endures (Hebrews 11)
Of the faithful it is written, “These all died in faith, not having received the things promised, but having seen them and greeted them from afar.” The great cloud of witnesses teaches us that expectancy sustains us through suffering. They lived and died in faith, trusting that God would finish what He began.
How Expectancy Shapes Gospel Ambition
Expectancy is more than a belief, it’s the way we work.
- We attempt the impossible. We set our sights higher than what seems humanly achievable, because expectancy postures our hearts to rely fully on Him.
- We face hardship with hope. Hard things don’t diminish expectancy; they become opportunities for God to reveal His sufficiency.
- We pass expectancy on. When we partner with others, we aim to stir in them the same confidence, the gospel is enough and God is faithful.
- We focus on “how,” not “if.” Expectancy removes the question of whether God will accomplish His mission. The only question left is: how will He do it through us?
How It Shows Up in Our Projects and Team
Expectancy is woven into the fabric of all our core projects:
- Kingdom.Training equips believers to use media, expecting that God is already at work in hearts and that seekers are waiting to be connected to those who can walk with them.
- Zúme.Training mobilizes ordinary believers, expecting that God intends the whole Church (not just a few and not just the clergy) to carry the gospel to all nations.
- Prayer.Tools makes it simple to launch prayer campaigns, expecting that God will align intercessors with His purposes and unleash His power.
- Prayer.Global calls the Church to pray for every place and people, expecting God to move miraculously and mysteriously in response.
- Disciple.Tools provides open-source infrastructure, expecting that God will reward good stewardship and Spirit-filled collaboration with strategic breakthroughs.
Together, these projects express Gospel Ambition’s expectancy: that God is faithful, the gospel is sufficient, and the impossible is possible when we join Him in His mission.
Closing
Expectancy means living with the end in view. We know the vision Revelation describes will come to pass. We know God is faithful to complete His work. And so we move forward, not hesitantly nor fearfully, but with joy, confidence, and boldness.
Expectancy changes everything. It shifts our posture from “Will this happen?” to “How will God do it?” It frees us to try impossible things, because our eyes are not on our own strength but on His faithfulness. And it keeps us steady in the face of hardship, because we know where this story ends.