The enemy loves to attack when you have been believing God for something He has promised. Maybe it’s starting up a business, working toward restoring a relationship, or believing God for healing. Perhaps you have already experienced God’s power in many ways over the years; answered prayers, miracles, provisions, protection etc. But, now all hell seems to breaking lose and you find yourself gravitating to negativity or even thinking you have a right to be negative. You find yourself having panic attacks, feeling sorry for yourself, falling into a depression, and just waning to throw in the towel. You are losing hope.
Fear, pessimism, and negativity were just as much of a problem back in the days of Moses as they are today in the lives of believers. It actually kept the children of Israel from walking into their destiny God had promised them. Ever wonder what you may not be walking into or have missed out on because of a negative spirit?
The Bible says that our fight is not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, powers, against rulers of the darkness of this world, and against spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. Negativity is out to steal, kill, and destroy if you allow it.
When the children of Israel were coming to their final destination, their promised land, negativity had overtaken their hope. Twelve spies were sent to scout out the land, and were told, “Be of good courage.” Even before they faced the challenges, God wanted to equip them with courage. Whatever circumstances we walk into or are faced with in life we need to purpose not to set out in negativity, but with courage. Unfortunately, when the spies came back, 10 out of the 12 spies were discouraged. The Bible says, they returned with an “evil report.” This is what they said as they spread this bad report about the land among the Israelites: “The land we traveled through and explored will devour anyone who goes to live there.”
10 people who chose to feed into negativity influenced an entire camp of close to a million people to weep all night. Instead of remembering all of the miracles and wonders the Lord had performed up to this point they chose to respond in fear, complaining & panic, refusing to trust the Lord to give them the victory. They rebelled against God and payed for it dearly. It cost them their destiny; the very thing God had promised and intended for them from the beginning of their journey.
Whatever circumstance we find ourselves in, we must choose not to respond in fear, pessimism, or negativity. As believers we are not supposed to be filled with hopelessness. No kind of information that we receive or we think has anything to do with the
kind of spirit that we need to intentionally take on. In order to have victory in our lives we must continue to fight that spirit of negativity. We must believe what God says and ignore the evil reports. So how do we break through? The remedy is found in one word. Expectation.
Are we waiting in expectation upon the Lord, or do we first need to see the victory before we can anticipate with excitement that He is going to move? We don’t have to see it or have it to get excited. We need to get past waiting for victory to unfold before we start expecting God to show up in power. I think of the childlike faith of children, who expect to receive
something for their birthday or for Christmas. You can feel the excitement and see the anticipation even before the gifts are in their hands. That expectation creates an atmosphere.
God had continually showed up for the children of Israel performing miracle after miracle, provision after provision, answer after answer. He was faithful to meet them every time; but instead of saying, God did it for us before so I know He will do it again, they responded with
faithlessness.
If you take a look at Luke 3:15 the Bible says that, “Everyone was expecting the Messiah to come soon.” Another translation says, they were, “on the tiptoe of expectation.” We
need to get on our tiptoes and expect God to do the impossible, the miraculous, answer our prayers, believe what His Word is saying now before we see it come to pass. If God is going to move, He will be looking for the people who are expecting Him to show up.
The people in Luke 3:15 had not heard a word or message from God in 400 years. They were hungry and waiting with great expectation that the Lord was going to show up.
Expectation is what positions us to receive from The Lord. Matthew 5:6 tell us that, “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled.”
Now take a look at Acts 3:5. This lame man expected to receive something from Peter and John. He thought they were going to give him money, but God gave him exceeding abundantly above what he expected. The man was healed. Nevertheless, it was expectation that positioned him to receive from God. Expectation is the breeding ground
for miracles.
In closing, there is still hope. It is not too late. You can still receive from God. Miracles, answered prayers, provisions, protections. He will still show up when you simply start responding to Him with expectation instead of negativity. God is not done with you yet.
Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man the things that God has prepared for those who love Him. Keep going. Don’t quit. No matter how dark it looks, how big the failure or devastation, or how challenging life has gotten continue to believe that God is still going to show up, move, and there will be more miracles.
That is the power of expectation.
Fear, pessimism, and negativity were just as much of a problem back in the days of Moses as they are today in the lives of believers. It actually kept the children of Israel from walking into their destiny God had promised them. Ever wonder what you may not be walking into or have missed out on because of a negative spirit?
The Bible says that our fight is not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, powers, against rulers of the darkness of this world, and against spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. Negativity is out to steal, kill, and destroy if you allow it.
When the children of Israel were coming to their final destination, their promised land, negativity had overtaken their hope. Twelve spies were sent to scout out the land, and were told, “Be of good courage.” Even before they faced the challenges, God wanted to equip them with courage. Whatever circumstances we walk into or are faced with in life we need to purpose not to set out in negativity, but with courage. Unfortunately, when the spies came back, 10 out of the 12 spies were discouraged. The Bible says, they returned with an “evil report.” This is what they said as they spread this bad report about the land among the Israelites: “The land we traveled through and explored will devour anyone who goes to live there.”
10 people who chose to feed into negativity influenced an entire camp of close to a million people to weep all night. Instead of remembering all of the miracles and wonders the Lord had performed up to this point they chose to respond in fear, complaining & panic, refusing to trust the Lord to give them the victory. They rebelled against God and payed for it dearly. It cost them their destiny; the very thing God had promised and intended for them from the beginning of their journey.
Whatever circumstance we find ourselves in, we must choose not to respond in fear, pessimism, or negativity. As believers we are not supposed to be filled with hopelessness. No kind of information that we receive or we think has anything to do with the
kind of spirit that we need to intentionally take on. In order to have victory in our lives we must continue to fight that spirit of negativity. We must believe what God says and ignore the evil reports. So how do we break through? The remedy is found in one word. Expectation.
Are we waiting in expectation upon the Lord, or do we first need to see the victory before we can anticipate with excitement that He is going to move? We don’t have to see it or have it to get excited. We need to get past waiting for victory to unfold before we start expecting God to show up in power. I think of the childlike faith of children, who expect to receive
something for their birthday or for Christmas. You can feel the excitement and see the anticipation even before the gifts are in their hands. That expectation creates an atmosphere.
God had continually showed up for the children of Israel performing miracle after miracle, provision after provision, answer after answer. He was faithful to meet them every time; but instead of saying, God did it for us before so I know He will do it again, they responded with
faithlessness.
If you take a look at Luke 3:15 the Bible says that, “Everyone was expecting the Messiah to come soon.” Another translation says, they were, “on the tiptoe of expectation.” We
need to get on our tiptoes and expect God to do the impossible, the miraculous, answer our prayers, believe what His Word is saying now before we see it come to pass. If God is going to move, He will be looking for the people who are expecting Him to show up.
The people in Luke 3:15 had not heard a word or message from God in 400 years. They were hungry and waiting with great expectation that the Lord was going to show up.
Expectation is what positions us to receive from The Lord. Matthew 5:6 tell us that, “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled.”
Now take a look at Acts 3:5. This lame man expected to receive something from Peter and John. He thought they were going to give him money, but God gave him exceeding abundantly above what he expected. The man was healed. Nevertheless, it was expectation that positioned him to receive from God. Expectation is the breeding ground
for miracles.
In closing, there is still hope. It is not too late. You can still receive from God. Miracles, answered prayers, provisions, protections. He will still show up when you simply start responding to Him with expectation instead of negativity. God is not done with you yet.
Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man the things that God has prepared for those who love Him. Keep going. Don’t quit. No matter how dark it looks, how big the failure or devastation, or how challenging life has gotten continue to believe that God is still going to show up, move, and there will be more miracles.
That is the power of expectation.
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