Working Expectation

You can't expect a harvest
if you don't plant some seeds!

After the message on Sunday, I've been meditating on expectation. I'm really expecting God to do some things, and I want to make sure that I line up my life correctly to receive from Him.

Expectation is more than just sitting and hoping for something to come along.

When you're expecting a guest, you clean your house and set out the good china. When a woman's expecting a child, she buys items for when the baby arrives. When I'm expecting some extra money, I start plotting on how I'll spend it when it arrives.

Expectation brings action. Faith without works is dead. (James 2:17) You can't tell me you're expecting something from the Lord if you're not putting any action in your life to make room for the blessing.

Currently, I am expecting God to grow my ministry. So, I have to prep myself to be worthy of having a larger place in Him. I have to read more of His Word. I have to spend more time in prayer. I have to make sure I am living my life in a way that is pleasing to Him. How can God place me in a larger place if I'm not capable to handle it?

I'm also expecting God to send me a husband. (Send him, Lord! lol) So, I have to prep myself to be a wife. I have to make sure I'm not wasting my time with foolishness. I have to make sure my life is reflecting the type of character the kind of husband I want is looking for.

What are you expecting God to do for you? Are you acting in expectation? Even if all you can do is confess the word in faith. Confess the Word! Do something to put some action behind your expectation.

Verse of the Day: ...shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works. James 2:18