I was talking with a friend on the phone one night. I was sharing with her some seemingly small but wonderful things that had happened the week before.
I told her, “I was not expecting these things at all!”
When I made that statement, the Lord spoke to my heart and said, “Then…get your expectation up!!!”
In the Websters 1828 dictionary, expectation is defined as; the act or expecting or looking forward to a future even with at least some reason to believe the event will happen.
Expectation differs from hope. Hope originates in desire with little or no ground to believe the desired thing will take place. Expectation, however, is founded on some reasons which render the event probable.
I love that! We have grounds to believe our hopes will come to pass. That solid ground is the Word of God. That is our reason to render our expectation probable. The promises of God. Therefore, we have a blood bought right to expect…not simply hope so…but EXPECT the promises of God to manifest in our life.
As I shared with my friend, I told her I have been confessing scripture about blessings coming to me on a daily basis. However, I wasn’t expecting them. Isn’t that sad? It reminds me of a movie I once watched. A man had died and his tombstone read, “My life was not what I had hoped, but it was what I expected.” So sad.
Now, God has said, “GET YOUR EXPECTATIONS UP!!!”
Psalm 62:5 says, My soul waits only for God, for my expectation is from Him.
I love this scripture in Psalm 40:5, O Lord, our God, no one can compare with You. Such wonderful works and miracles are all found with you! And you think of us all the time with Your countless expressions of love – far exceeding our expectations! (TPT)
That is what God desires to pour out on you and I today; countless expressions of His love, far exceeding our expectations. Isn’t that amazing!?
The Bible says God daily loads us with His benefits?
Are you experiencing it? If not, are you expecting to be daily loaded with all His benefits? The Bible says we will receive according to our faith. Do you have faith to believe for daily benefits from God? Are you believing for countless expressions of His love on a daily basis?
I must say, I was not. I was seeing small unexpected things. While that is nice, I should have been expecting to see the goodness of God poured out in my life each and every day.
Now that I have been told to get my expectations up…I am doing just that. I am expecting to see His benefits poured out in my life on a daily basis. I am expected to be, as the Bible says, DAILY…LOADED with His benefits. I am expecting that for you as well.
Today, my friend, get your expectation up! WAAAYYYY UP! Up as high as you can get them.
Expect His daily benefits.
Expect to be showered every single day with expressions of His love.
Expect His blessings to be poured out upon you this week in a mighty way.
Expect to see the goodness of God in the land of the living!!!
Expect His promises to be manifest in your life…we have every reason for expectation…we have His Word to stand on. And that Word does not lie – it will come to pass – just as He said it would. Only Believe. And Expect.
