Table of Contents
- What are your expectations for your life?
- What the Bible says about expectations
- Asking and Believing
- Expect the worse and hope for the best?
- Donāt choose āwhateverā
- Great expectations create great results.
What are your expectations for your life?
āNobody succeeds beyond his or her wildest expectations unless he or she begins with some wild expectations.ā ā RALPH CHARELL
Unconscious expectation
Whatever you expect with certainty is very often what you will get in your life.
What the Bible says about expectations
Asking and Believing
Jesus said, āBelieve that what you ask for, you will receiveā Of course, if weāve been Christians very long,, we know that this asking, this expectation, is always to be within Godās will. But when weāre walking close to God, we are in his will and can trust that we expect is within his will.
Knowing what you want
An example
There was a study done some time ago about patient recovery after surgery. Those who had very high expectations recovered at a lower rate. Those who had realistic, but at the same time optimistic, expectations recovered much quicker. Expectations that are optimistic AND realistic are a much better choice.
Expect the worse and hope for the best?
When you expect the best and get the best.
Very often, I will ask myself, āIs that your best effort, Rebeccaā? Now sometimes, I may actually decide that something is good enough. Not everything has to be perfect as long as we deliberately make that decision. Thatās different than getting used to āsettlingā as a way of life.
The difference between hoping for something with uncertainty, and depending on something with expectation, is nothing but the way you control and direct the focus of your mind. What you say to yourself, the images you imagine and your behaviour are what you can consciously control and direct.
Donāt choose āwhateverā
The Bible is full of verses about seeking the highest and best for our lives. That doesnāt mean we will get rich, famous, or anything like that. Great expectation has more to do with what we want to feel about our lives and our future. Itās a great deal about hope and who can live without hope?
Great expectations create great results.
Remember, though, not everything in your life is important. Each person has to decide that for themselves. Iāve worked my entire life expecting the best in people, and situations. I donāt regret it. What I do regret is the times, I let some things slide because I didnāt seek the highest God has for me.
I read something a long time ago that has really stuck with me. It overlaps with prayer. Basically, itās that God has abundant blessings for everyone who believes in him, but that they are not dispersed unless we pray for them. Again, I think scripture supports that throughout. Of course, most of us donāt think that way. We canāt imagine that there is so much more for us than we can even ask for.
Donāt be afraid to strive for and expect the best. God wants more for us than we could possibly know. Remember, āGod can do moreā¦ā¦ā Ephesians 3:20.
God bless and have a great day.
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- How To Find Joy In God When Life Feels Heavy
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