What Are You Expecting?

An excerpt from: Voice of the Covenant 3/2020, by Jesse and Cathy Duplantis

       "Great Expectation Gets Great Results!"    -     As a believer, we know that God has your best interests at heart, and as His Son said, "If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth" (Mark 9:23). Begging doesn't produce results. Pleading doesn't do it either. Need won't move the hand of God. Belief is the currency of God, and it's what He has chosen to be the vehicle for our results. There is a power in belief - a force we call faith, and it begins with having great expectations.

       So, what are you expecting God to do in your life? Are you aiming your faith in a focused way? Great results will happen if you believe that they will happen - this is what Jesus was saying in Mark 9:23. So, all this year, we are going to continually focus on the power of belief - on choosing to live with great expectation in life. The world may tell us not to "get our hopes up," but Jesus says the opposite. And He takes it one step further when He talks about faith and tells us that ALL things are possible to those who believe. So, what are you believing today? What are you saying on a consistent basis? What is your mindset? What do you think is possible for your life? And where are you limiting yourself by limiting God?

       Don't take Mark 9:23 for granted just because you may have heard it often before - don't complicate it. Just let the simplicity of Jesus' revolutionary statement about the power of belief sink deep into your mind and spirit. Realize that when Jesus shared this truth, He was giving us all a divine secret. And if we take it into our heart and use it, it will help us to live better lives spiritually, physically, financially or in any other area that we decide to apply the truth and believe. There is no area that is impossible for God to make better if we listens to His Word and simply believe. Great expectation gets great results!

WHAT IS POSSIBLE

        So, what is possible for your life? ALL things are possible if you believe they are possible. Can you change even "impossible," negative situations you may be dealing with, too? YES, Jesus says you can, if you believe you can. In fact, nothing is impossible with God because He is not only our Creator, but He is our Provider Healer, Ever-Present-Help, All-Sufficient and All Bountiful Supplier, and He is our Shepherd I this life. He's our Guide. So, if He said it, you should just flat believe it! Can unbelief ever fit into God's promises? NO, it can't - all the promises of God are "yea" and "amen" to only one group... those who believe.

       Believing is power, and we are all growing as believers. Whether you are new to the things of God of have been a believer for many years, if you are still breathing, you can still grow and expect great, new things from your faith. Stretch yourself. Expand your view of what God can do, and what He can do through you.