Your expectation of God determines if you walk in blessing. Let the level of expectation be rasied to God's desire to bless you.
Psalms 62:1 Truly my soul silently waits for God; From Him comes my salvation. 2 He only is my rock and my salvation; He is my defense; I shall not be greatly moved. 3 How long will you attack a man? You shall be slain, all of you, Like a leaning wall and a tottering fence. 4 They only consult to cast him down from his high position; They delight in lies; They bless with their mouth, But they curse inwardly. Selah 5 My soul, wait silently for God alone, For my expectation is from Him. 6 He only is my rock and my salvation; He is my defense; I shall not be moved. 7 In God is my salvation and my glory; The rock of my strength, And my refuge, is in God. 8 Trust in Him at all times, you people; Pour out your heart before Him; God is a refuge for us. Selah
Waiting on God in a confident trust is a strong place to be. The psalmist keeps referring to God as his rock. In fact twice it is said He only is my rock and my salvation. Where is the object of your expectation? Is it in Christ alone? While men may attack you and even gather to consult against you they shall fail! While Psalms 62:1 declares our soul is waiting on God verse 5 is an instruction and encouragement to my soul. We need to learn to command our soul to come in line with the word of God. We need to learn to command our soul to come in line with the work that God has done in our spirit. My soul waits upon God and let Him alone be my expectation. The source of our salvation is in Christ alone. Do not trust in men; put all our expectation and hope in God alone. When God alone is our defense we will be unmovable. God is our refuge and strength; He is a safe place to pour out our heart! Your expectation from God can rise no higher than the revelation you have on God’s desires for you! What is your expectations from God; God is calling you deeper! God is calling you to let your expectations rise until they are a reflection of the word of God. If God says that you are free your expectation should be no less. If God says that you are at liberty your expectation should match His word. What God says about healing, provision, and soundness of mind should be your expectation; dare not settle for less!
Ask yourself, are my expectations of God high enough?
Ephesians 3:20 Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, 21 to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.
Now ask yourself again, are my expectations of God high enough.
Luke 1:35 And the angel answered and said to her, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you; therefore, also, that Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of God. 36 "Now indeed, Elizabeth your relative has also conceived a son in her old age; and this is now the sixth month for her who was called barren. 37 "For with God nothing will be impossible." 38 Then Mary said, "Behold the maidservant of the Lord! Let it be to me according to your word." And the angel departed from her.
God spoke the impossible to Mary and her response was amazing! “Behold the maidservant of the Lord! Let it be to me according to your word” We can learn a lot from Mary’s words. Let it be to me according to your word! Here is a meditation that needs to be upon your mouth and in your heart all the time! God let it be to me according to your word! God let it be to me according to your word! God let it be to me according to your word. Is this getting into your soul. Go ahead, say the word put it in your mouth? God let it be to me according to your word. God has spoken words of life and even for a season you have been impregnated with that very word; however, over the course of time you have allowed discouragement and circumstances to abort your purpose! My prayer for you, and my prayer for the church is restoration of the impossible words God has spoken. Let God raise your expectations and your purpose can be fulfilled! Surrender to God’s expectation and God will fulfill your destiny. Are your expectations so high you are impregnated with the words of hope God has spoken?
Hebrews 6:17 Thus God, determining to show more abundantly to the heirs of promise the immutability of His counsel, confirmed it by an oath, 18 that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us. 19 This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which enters the Presence behind the veil, 20 where the forerunner has entered for us, even Jesus, having become High Priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.
When God speaks it will surely be brought to pass. By oath God has given us a sure foundation. It is impossible for God to lie. The strength of God’s word is strong enough to hold the world in place. The word of deliverance He has spoken to you is just as sure! You can anchor your soul with the expectation that God’s promises will come to pass. Jesus is our forerunner into the presence of God. The Father is expecting your arrival Jesus has announced your name to the Father. When expectations are set upon the Father great things happen. The word begins to be fulfilled! Is your expectation to walk into the throne room of grace? Is your expectation that God’s grace will meet you in your hour of need? Jesus gives His invitation, come!
2 Corinthians 1:20 For all the promises of God in Him are Yes, and in Him Amen, to the glory of God through us. 21 Now He who establishes us with you in Christ and has anointed us is God, 22 who also has sealed us and given us the Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.
God's promises are sure and steadfast! It is the Father’s desire for you to be a partaker of His promises. It is His hearts desire to such a degree He has sealed us and given us the Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee. An oath by God and a guarantee by God that He will fulfill His promises. Where else would you want to put your expectation there is no greater place of surety.
One of my favorite hymns is “Standing On the Promises of God” One of the verses declares “by the living Word of God I shall prevail. Standing on the promises of God”. The enemy of our soul would like us to turn away from the promises of God and he is trying to turn our hearts away as surely as he tried to turn Jesus' heart away from the purpose of the Father.
Luke 4:1 Then Jesus, being filled with the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, 2 being tempted for forty days by the devil. And in those days He ate nothing, and afterward, when they had ended, He was hungry. 3 And the devil said to Him, "If You are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread." 4 But Jesus answered him, saying, "It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.'"
Jesus had just been baptized by John the Baptist and the Father spoke from heaven this is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased. Jesus knew the favor He had with His Father. When satan tempted Jesus he did his best to minimize Jesus seeing Himself as the beloved Son. If you are the Son of God… Jesus answered him with It is written… Man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God. The last word spoken to Jesus by the Father as far as we know is “ this is my beloved Son." If satan can take your mind off who you are to God the Father and cause you to look at your physical needs he has moved you by his own desire. The Father’s will is clearly portrayed by Jesus' words. Putting the word of God in our heart and in mouth will raise our expectation and give us power to overcome the evil one.
Luke 4:5 Then the devil, taking Him up on a high mountain, showed Him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. 6 And the devil said to Him, "All this authority I will give You, and their glory; for this has been delivered to me, and I give it to whomever I wish. 7 "Therefore, if You will worship before me, all will be Yours." 8 And Jesus answered and said to him, "Get behind Me, Satan! For it is written, 'You shall worship the LORD your God, and Him only you shall serve.'"
The devil tempted Jesus by offering Him a shortcut to the authority and dominion of the earth without going through the Father’s will. Exalting the Father in worship is a great way to short circuit the schemes of the devil. Many are quick to say I only exclusively worship God. Yet our worship determines the truth of our words. What we are given to and spend our time pursuing is where our worship is. If you are praying for ten minutes and watching TV for 3 hours a night, it is hard to make the argument that all your worship is directed to God. Jesus told the woman at the well that the Father was seeking worshippers who would worship in spirit and in truth. In your worship of God your expectation will be changed in His glory; in worship your expectation will be raised by the strengthening of your inner man. There is an exceeding blessing, there is an abundant blessing found by following the desires of God our Father. His authority has been to share through Jesus Christ. The Father desires fellowship with you; the greatest connection to fellowship with the Father is through worship.
Luke 4:9 Then he brought Him to Jerusalem , set Him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to Him, "If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down from here. 10 "For it is written: 'He shall give His angels charge over you, To keep you,' 11 "and, 'In their hands they shall bear you up, Lest you dash your foot against a stone.'"
12 And Jesus answered and said to him, "It has been said, 'You shall not tempt the LORD your God.'"
The final temptation was for the devil to take the word out of context and have Jesus live by the perverted word of God. Notice the attack of the devil keeps coming with the “If you are the Son of God…” Let your motivation for action be prompted by the word of God and never prompted to prove yourself. The devil desperately tried to cast doubt upon the word of God in every temptation he confronted Jesus with.
Here is a picture of God’s will for your life; let your expectations be raised to the height of the word of God.
Isaiah 59:21 "As for Me," says the LORD, "this is My covenant with them: My Spirit who is upon you, and My words which I have put in your mouth, shall not depart from your mouth, nor from the mouth of your descendants, nor from the mouth of your descendants' descendants," says the LORD, "from this time and forevermore." 60:1 Arise, shine; For your light has come! And the glory of the LORD is risen upon you.
Let your expectation be that God Himself will put His word in your mouth. After the word of God is in your mouth you can arise, shine for your light has come. Christ will shine on you. Surely God’s word will come to pass. Like Mary the mother of Jesus let us speak “Let it be to me according to your word!”
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