TEXT: PROVERBS 23: 18
“For surely there is an end;
and thine expectation shall not be cut off.”
Expectation is defined
as a strong belief that something will happen or be the case. The Cambridge
dictionary defines expectation as “the feeling of expecting something to
happen.”
Having known the definition of expectation, I want you to earnestly answer this question “what are your expectations in life?”
Having known the definition of expectation, I want you to earnestly answer this question “what are your expectations in life?”
Ephesians 3:20 talks about how our great and mighty
God is able to do exceedingly and abundantly above what we can ever think or
imagine. Praise God!
Whatever your expectation is, the Lord is capable of
multiplying it for you and make it measure up far beyond what you are
expecting.
On this note, we should be very careful what are
expectations are. Are your expectations full of negativity because of the
situation at hand? Have you lost hope and has given in to fate because of your
present situation?
Is the devil making you to expect the worst that
things cannot get better again?
Don’t blame God when the expectation of your heart
becomes evident in hundred folds more than you envisaged.
Some people pray for a change in their situation, but
in their inner mind they have lost hope and did not believe that the situation
can change for the best. Although they still pray and do other spiritual
exercises, but they have the mind-set that the situation cannot improve (The
devil made them to be expectant of negativity).
On the other hand, some people may be at the lowest
ebb of their lives, yet they will be optimistic that things will get better-
they are expectant of positive change even in the midst of calamity and
confusion.
As the Lord has spoken in Proverbs 23: 18 that” the
expectation of the righteous shall not be cut short.” The Lord will honour His
word in their lives and bring positive solution to the challenging issues.
Whatever your expectation is, that is what the Lord
will work with- He will grant you the desires of your heart.
Although the Lord has the power to do and undo, yet He
loves it when we trust Him absolutely. God promised to grant the desire of the
righteous (Proverbs 10: 24). If you faithfully believe the promises of God
regardless of any situation that is bothering you, all will be well with you (I
can testify of this in my life).
When the Israelites complained that they would have
preferred to die in Egypt than suffering in the dessert (Numbers 14). The Lord
said to them that He would do to them as they have spoken into His ears (Numbers
14: 28).
Guess what? God granted them the desires of their
heart and their expectation- they all died in the wilderness!
Conversely, Abraham showed his faith and his
expectation in God when he was told to use Isaac as sacrifice. The boy asked
the father “Where is the animal for the sacrifice?” The father replied him that
the Lord shall provide, and the Lord surely did! His expectation was not cut
off as the Lord promised him.
On the final note brother and sisters, what is your
expectation from God? I have good news for you today, no matter what the
situation is; keep hope alive, be expectant of positive change and the Lord
will show Himself in your favour. Be hopeful, let your expectation be positive
expectations because God is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all you can
ever think or imagine. May the peace of the Lord rest and abide with you, may
He calm every storm in your life in Jesus name. Amen.
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