Welcome dear readers to the end of
the first quarter of 2021; first quarter down, three more to go. Imagine just existing through the rest of the
year and not being expectant of anything. Life would be so dull and boring and
that’s why I’m here to tell you to live expectant. This thought occurred to me
one evening as I was preparing to go out to buy some groceries; while getting
ready, I began to think back on a miracle I’m expectant on from God and how I
wake up each morning expecting His goodness and an answer to my request.
In Ps. 3:5 (NLT) David said: “Listen
to my voice in the morning, Lord. Each morning I bring my requests to you and
wait expectantly”. Not only did he make his requests, he also waited, knowing
that something good was about to happen. As we pray and make our requests to
God (Phil. 4:6, NKJV), we should also be expectant of an answer to our request; not
have an attitude of if it comes it comes but an attitude of faith and trust in
God (Prov. 3:5, NLT).
There may be situations in life in
which you have being expectant and nothing has changed, keep expecting, don’t
stop. One example of someone who kept expecting despite the fact that nothing
was changing was the prophet Elijah. Like every good hero, there’s usually a
backstory that leads to the climax of the hero’s journey. In Elijah’s case, the
backstory (I Kings 18) was that the people of Israel had begun to follow Baal (a
false god), there was great famine in the land and Elijah had to show the
people that God was the only true God. As the hero’s story reaches its climax,
he not only got the people to return back to serving God but he also rooted out
the prophets of the false god. Once that was completed, he went to pray to God
for rain. Now get this, while he was praying, nothing seemed to be changing in
the physical (I Kings 18:43) but he remained expectant and on the seventh try,
his servant told him he saw a cloud (I Kings 18:44). This was a man that had
given his promise to a King (I Kings 18:41) that didn’t like him, so he definitely
needed this to come through. Talk about pressure!
No matter what situation we face in
life, trust and have faith in God. Elijah was so expectant that when
his servant saw the cloud on the seventh attempt, he told the King to hurry
back home otherwise the rain would stop him (I Kings 18:45). Don’t just make your request known, be
expectant of an answer to your request. The charge as we round up Q1 and go
into Q2 is simple: have an expectant heart. Speak these declarations from Pst. Joel Osteen over yourself (feel free to
add to them) in faith and expect:
An out-of-season
blessing!
An
I-didn’t-see-that-coming healing!
A
greater-than-I-ever-imagined provision!
Be expectant of an answer to my request. Thank you Sage. This is uplifting
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comment Lafunky. You will definitely get an answer in Jesus name
DeleteSometimes we fall into the routine of just praying for a particular request and we never really put it to heart that God will answer. Live expectantly is a good reminder that jolts me back to praying with expectations. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteYes indeed! I'm glad it has given you the needed jolt. I pray that God will give you the strength to live expectantly in Jesus name!
DeleteI am still expectant and would keep the faith.
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