A tsunami of blessings hit Priority recently, and I feel led to glo (glorify God) on and on about it. Why? Because God has done great things, and He says to “publish His deeds” (Ps. 96:3). To not share what He’s done with you would be a sin of omission on my part. But I’m also sharing this testimony for you, because God wants you to receive a tsunami of His blessings, too.

To appreciate Priority’s recent tsunami, I need to share a little background with you. Six years ago in 2003, Janet Valentine was directing a women’s Bible study program at our church ( Sagemont Church in Houston ). I knew Janet, but not well. So when she called and invited me to lunch, I had no idea her invitation would one day lead to a tsunami.

As we met for lunch, Janet invited me to write and teach a Bible study for her women’s group. Teaching was one thing. I’d done that for years. But writing was something else. I’d never done that before. At God’s leading, however, and in spite of my fears, I said “yes.” Several months later, Janet’s group and I had a blessed blast piloting There is a Season (TIAS), the study God faithfully enabled me to write. As a blessed bonus, our church graciously allowed us to videotape it. Looking back, I think that’s when Janet and I witnessed the first wave of God’s blessing – although we would never have forecast a future tsunami.

In 2004, a handful of other women’s Bible study groups purchased TIAS, and Priority Ministries was established. By the end of 2004, 250 TIAS workbooks were purchased by women in four states. The Lord also began building Priority’s staff leading Lezli Busbee, Pam Henderson, Nancy Campbell, and Jan Hart to join Janet and me. Our common call? God’s invitation to follow Him and do things we’d never done before.

The next year (2005), a few more women purchased and participated in TIAS studies. God led Shanda Stiles to join Priority’s staff, and He used her to begin building our first online store (something she’d never done before). By God’s grace, I wrote and piloted a new study, The Temple (TEM). Still, no tsunami.

Priority’s online store was launched in 2006, and our resource sales jumped 367%. We were astonished by the growing waves of God’s goodness. That year the Lord also led Courtney Hays (Janet’s daughter) and Debbie Todd to join our staff and to accept His invitation to do things they’d never previously done.

 Priority’s growth continued at a slightly slower pace in 2007. Stephanie Cole (my beloved daughter-in-law) joined our staff, and Beauty by The Book (BBB) was written and piloted that year. We had no clue a tsunami was coming.

The first significant waves of the tsunami appeared in 2008 when we received more than twice (220%) the number of orders for Priority Bible Studies than 2007. Women from 40 states and 1 Canadian province participated in TIAS, TEM, or BBB studies in 2008. Our staff was amazed by the rising tide of God’s obvious blessings.

Then last month, in February 2009, the tsunami officially hit. The LIFE Today television program with James and Betty Robison aired an interview with me about BBB. Our website visits skyrocketed, our online store sales went off the charts, and people from all over the world began contacting us requesting BBB resources. In one month we received 4.9 times more orders for Bible studies than our previous single-month high. For a small ministry like Priority, that’s a tsunami!

It blows my mind and humbles me to the core to think that in six short years Priority is equipping and encouraging women all over the world to love God most and seek Him first. It also leads me to ask, “How is this possible?” There is only one answer to that question: God. Like the five loaves and two fish He multiplied to feed thousands, nothing is impossible with Him. Our great God can even take a simple invitation to lunch and two very ordinary women and do something “exceeding abundantly beyond all we ask or think” (Eph. 3:20 ). He is an all-powerful, tsunami-size God!

So, dear sister, what is God inviting you to do? Perhaps it’s something as simple as inviting someone you don’t know very well to lunch.  Or maybe it’s something as scary as saying, “yes,” to a task you’ve never done before. Or could it possibly be that God is inviting you to receive the gift of salvation through Jesus, His Son? Whatever it is, will you accept His invitation? Will you follow Him by faith? And will you trust Him to enable you to do things you’ve never done before?

If you will, I cannot promise that you won’t experience some days of discouragement and doubt (I certainly have). But I can promise that someday you will experience not just one, but two tsunamis of epic and eternal blessing. The first: a six-word tsunami when you hear your Savior say, “Well done, good and faithful servant” (Matt. 25:23). The second: the reward He is preparing for you that “no eye has seen, no ear has heard, (and) no mind has imagined” (1 Cor. 2:9 NLT). God is inviting you to experience an eternal tsunami of His blessings someday. Will you accept His invitation by saying, “yes,” to Him today?