Good morning.
Imagine the surprise and disbelief when the Jewish people were told their saviour was born to a common family in a manger in Bethlehem, the lowliest of places in a lowly town.
They had anticipated a saviour for centuries. They were expecting a royal king who’d set them free and establish an earthly kingdom. Jesus, born in a manger, certainly did not meet their expectations.
We too, place our expectations on God, assuming He’ll work according to our timeline and plan. The truth is that God rarely moves on our schedule, and His answers rarely match what we envision.
There is a difference between placing our expectations on God versus trusting in His plan and being expectant that He will see it through to completion in our lives. Placing our expectations on God can set us up for disappointment and frustration when they go unmet, but having a healthy expectancy of God can feed our faith.
We can find comfort in knowing that God wants to do more than meet your expectations. He wants to exceed them.
Paul reminds us of this. "Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us ..." (Ephesians 3:20-21a)
We take heart knowing that God can do far more than we can even think to ask of Him.
Blessings.
Mike and Daphne
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