Expectation Day 3

Expectation Day 3

What to do about Expecting?

Romans 5:5And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.

Psalm 62:5 My soul, wait silently for God alone, for my expectation is from Him.

Psalm 145:15-16 The eyes of all look expectantly to You, And you give them their food in due season. You open your hand And satisfy the desire of every living thing.

God does not have any expectations on us. He already knows our weaknesses, our limitations, our hearts. He knows the measure of our faith and he knows our thoughts. So why would be have expectations? He already knows who we are, why don't we? Is it because we are always striving to be someone else? I hope this will be profound. Stop being someone else, just be you. Be the best you that you can be. How? Just do what you can with what you have been given. The Bible has given us many ideas of what we need to do. It is more a responsibility than an expectation. One thing I know is that if we are to live for today, then having expectations would be against that very call in our lives. If we have expectations, we are living in the future, in the not yet, in the later on. If we have love, hope and faith, we live in the now and we are in relationship with our God.

James 1:27Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.

Dear Lord, is it really that simple? Can we be freed from all that is expected? Will you help to remind us of this revelation? I am so amazed at how you have revealed the simplest of truths to us. May we abide in relationship with you by not allowing the world to pollute what it is that you want from us. There is not a huge list of things in our lives that we must accomplish, yet I feel like I was created to do so many things. I know that it is living in this society that makes me think this way. I know that you call each of us to do different things, to have different levels of accomplishments. I pray that you will continue to reveal your will to us, that you will help us to believe that you love us more than we could possibly ever imagine. I pray that you will be blessed by our lives. Amen.