Jake + Aspen Davidson
Jake + Aspen Davidson
What if the dry places in our lives aren't the end of the story?
For Jake, a passage in Isaiah 41 has become a picture of what he hopes to see God do—not only in his own life, but in Lubbock and through Victory Life.
The passage describes a people who are poor, needy, thirsty, and in a wilderness. And the Lord brings water. He brings a garden.
Not just enough to survive, but something beautiful.
“Man, if we could just see the Lord bring revival in a garden. I just love that image.”
For Jake and Aspen, that picture carries deep meaning because they have both experienced seasons where God met them in the middle of their own wilderness—teaching them who He is and who they are to Him.
Jake grew up in a Christian home and gave his life to Jesus as a child, but he described much of his childhood faith as “very lukewarm.”
“I love Jesus, but I didn't go beyond that.”
College became a major turning point. Through the Navigators, Jake encountered discipleship and people who were passionate about following Jesus.
“I started to become more involved in the relationship of Jesus rather than just the religion and the ticket punch to heaven. It's meaningful now. It's important.”
“The guys that discipled me and just took time to pour into me and teach me these things, it has forever changed my life. I'm super thankful for it.”
Later, while working with WayForward, God continued to stretch Jake.
“I went in full of insecurity, full of passion, and was challenged, got pushed to my limits, had to grow so much in faith.”
Through that stretching, God began showing Jake that the passion and zeal He had placed in him wasn't something he needed to hide.
“The Lord moved in that, in the stretching, in the crushing, in the challenge there.”
“This is you. This is what I created you to be.”
But perhaps one of the deepest things God taught Jake was that he wasn't overlooked by God.
For years, he carried the feeling that he wasn't anyone's favorite or the one who would be chosen. Eventually, someone asked him: “You don't think God cares about you?”
Jake realized that although he knew the Gospel, he hadn't fully believed or felt that God's love was personal.
“I know the gospel. I know that he sent His Son to die. I can read the Bible, I can accept truths of the Bible. But the fact that God delighted in me personally was just not on my radar.”
That lesson became especially meaningful when Jake and Aspen began hoping to have a child.
They had chosen the name Jesse before they were married and later learned that it meant “God's gift.” After months of trying to have a child and wrestling with discouragement, Jake came to a place of surrender.
“Lord, if this is gonna happen, make it happen.”
They found out they were pregnant on their anniversary. Around that same time, Jake was reading Scripture and came across a passage about children being a gift from the Lord.
“It was so clearly God telling me, ‘This is a gift. I care about you.’”
For Jake, Jesse became a tangible reminder of God's personal love and faithfulness.
"I just marvel at the Lord a lot these days, because of that little guy right there.”
Aspen's journey with Jesus has also included seasons of wrestling with God's character and learning to trust Him beyond her own expectations.
Growing up, she describes herself as a “checklist Christian.”
She was disciplined, successful, and accustomed to doing the right thing. But underneath that was a deeper struggle.
“I felt like I was really loved, but not really known.”
College became one of the hardest seasons of her life. After feeling that she had followed God faithfully, Aspen came home angry and frustrated.
“I was literally on my bed, just bawling, angry, cursing God, asking, ‘Why do I even follow you? Why am I doing this? Are you even good?’”
Then, in that moment, Aspen describes seeing a vision of Jesus on the cross and being reminded of His love.
“Even in this moment of you cursing me, I love you so much. My Son died for you. For right now.”
“It was a huge turning point in my faith.”
Through that season, God drew Aspen deeper into His Word.
“His Word has just been so alive and comforting and showing me the areas where I do struggle with His character.”
Eventually, God brought Jake and Aspen together. For Aspen, one of the most meaningful parts of their marriage has been experiencing what it means to be fully known and still deeply loved.
That experience of being known and loved has shaped the way both of them see community.
“When I see good community, and what life that brings, and being known and cared for, it just changes everything,” Jake shared.
“Community and connection is wired into eternity.”
“We need it. We need it bad.”
For Aspen, her hope is simple: “I just would hope that there would just be belonging.”
“Practicing a little bit of heaven here on earth.”
And now, as Jake and Aspen step into a new season at Victory Life, they are excited not simply about what they will do, but about what God might do through His people.
Jake says the Isaiah passage feels especially fitting for Lubbock.
His hope is to see God bring revival in the middle of a place that can sometimes feel dry.
"If we could just see the Lord bring revival in a garden. I just love that image.”
And ultimately, the passage points to something even greater:
“So that they may see and know, consider, and understand together, that the hand of the Lord has done this.” (Isaiah 41:20)
That is the heart Jake and Aspen are carrying into this new season.
To see people find belonging.
To see dry places become gardens.
To see lives transformed by Jesus.
And, ultimately, to see people look around and know that the hand of the Lord has done this.
For Jake, a passage in Isaiah 41 has become a picture of what he hopes to see God do—not only in his own life, but in Lubbock and through Victory Life.
The passage describes a people who are poor, needy, thirsty, and in a wilderness. And the Lord brings water. He brings a garden.
Not just enough to survive, but something beautiful.
“Man, if we could just see the Lord bring revival in a garden. I just love that image.”
For Jake and Aspen, that picture carries deep meaning because they have both experienced seasons where God met them in the middle of their own wilderness—teaching them who He is and who they are to Him.
Jake grew up in a Christian home and gave his life to Jesus as a child, but he described much of his childhood faith as “very lukewarm.”
“I love Jesus, but I didn't go beyond that.”
College became a major turning point. Through the Navigators, Jake encountered discipleship and people who were passionate about following Jesus.
“I started to become more involved in the relationship of Jesus rather than just the religion and the ticket punch to heaven. It's meaningful now. It's important.”
“The guys that discipled me and just took time to pour into me and teach me these things, it has forever changed my life. I'm super thankful for it.”
Later, while working with WayForward, God continued to stretch Jake.
“I went in full of insecurity, full of passion, and was challenged, got pushed to my limits, had to grow so much in faith.”
Through that stretching, God began showing Jake that the passion and zeal He had placed in him wasn't something he needed to hide.
“The Lord moved in that, in the stretching, in the crushing, in the challenge there.”
“This is you. This is what I created you to be.”
But perhaps one of the deepest things God taught Jake was that he wasn't overlooked by God.
For years, he carried the feeling that he wasn't anyone's favorite or the one who would be chosen. Eventually, someone asked him: “You don't think God cares about you?”
Jake realized that although he knew the Gospel, he hadn't fully believed or felt that God's love was personal.
“I know the gospel. I know that he sent His Son to die. I can read the Bible, I can accept truths of the Bible. But the fact that God delighted in me personally was just not on my radar.”
That lesson became especially meaningful when Jake and Aspen began hoping to have a child.
They had chosen the name Jesse before they were married and later learned that it meant “God's gift.” After months of trying to have a child and wrestling with discouragement, Jake came to a place of surrender.
“Lord, if this is gonna happen, make it happen.”
They found out they were pregnant on their anniversary. Around that same time, Jake was reading Scripture and came across a passage about children being a gift from the Lord.
“It was so clearly God telling me, ‘This is a gift. I care about you.’”
For Jake, Jesse became a tangible reminder of God's personal love and faithfulness.
"I just marvel at the Lord a lot these days, because of that little guy right there.”
Aspen's journey with Jesus has also included seasons of wrestling with God's character and learning to trust Him beyond her own expectations.
Growing up, she describes herself as a “checklist Christian.”
She was disciplined, successful, and accustomed to doing the right thing. But underneath that was a deeper struggle.
“I felt like I was really loved, but not really known.”
College became one of the hardest seasons of her life. After feeling that she had followed God faithfully, Aspen came home angry and frustrated.
“I was literally on my bed, just bawling, angry, cursing God, asking, ‘Why do I even follow you? Why am I doing this? Are you even good?’”
Then, in that moment, Aspen describes seeing a vision of Jesus on the cross and being reminded of His love.
“Even in this moment of you cursing me, I love you so much. My Son died for you. For right now.”
“It was a huge turning point in my faith.”
Through that season, God drew Aspen deeper into His Word.
“His Word has just been so alive and comforting and showing me the areas where I do struggle with His character.”
Eventually, God brought Jake and Aspen together. For Aspen, one of the most meaningful parts of their marriage has been experiencing what it means to be fully known and still deeply loved.
That experience of being known and loved has shaped the way both of them see community.
“When I see good community, and what life that brings, and being known and cared for, it just changes everything,” Jake shared.
“Community and connection is wired into eternity.”
“We need it. We need it bad.”
For Aspen, her hope is simple: “I just would hope that there would just be belonging.”
“Practicing a little bit of heaven here on earth.”
And now, as Jake and Aspen step into a new season at Victory Life, they are excited not simply about what they will do, but about what God might do through His people.
Jake says the Isaiah passage feels especially fitting for Lubbock.
His hope is to see God bring revival in the middle of a place that can sometimes feel dry.
"If we could just see the Lord bring revival in a garden. I just love that image.”
And ultimately, the passage points to something even greater:
“So that they may see and know, consider, and understand together, that the hand of the Lord has done this.” (Isaiah 41:20)
That is the heart Jake and Aspen are carrying into this new season.
To see people find belonging.
To see dry places become gardens.
To see lives transformed by Jesus.
And, ultimately, to see people look around and know that the hand of the Lord has done this.
victorylife.net | 806-698-6553
12401 Slide Road, Lubbock, TX 79424
Sunday Mornings | 9:30am 11:00am
12401 Slide Road, Lubbock, TX 79424
Sunday Mornings | 9:30am 11:00am
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