Yesterday morning the phrase, "Be in expectancy, but don't look for it." was whispered into my ear.
I was in quiet meditation and prayer about it. This morning it continued to ring in my ear. How many times have we prayed, hoped and dreamed for something and instead of leaving it alone, we've decided that we need to play with it? Or what my best friend says, "stir the flavor out of it." We say we have faith, yet, we can't stand in faith when it something that we want.
During this Christmas season and like every Christmas, I'm sure. We all want something, we pray for something but, unlike children, we stop believing that we are going to receive it. So, we've got to go out and try and make it happen. But I believe by doing this we are only pushing it further away instead of allowing the process to happen. I love the phrase, "A watched pot never boils" and this is so true. How many times have we said waiting by the mailbox, or a phone call that doesn't seem to come. We are looking for it. What does it mean to be in expectancy? I believe it means that what we've been praying for, dreaming of, or hoping on will come to pass.
In a counseling session and in most of my counseling session where someone is looking for their mate. I suggest they write down all the attributes of the person they desire to marry. And if they are believers to fold it up and place it in their Bible. They are now in expectancy. They have listed and maybe even prayed for their mate, but, now they are expecting them to come, but, they can't go out looking for him or her. They have to believe that they are going to receive that which they prayed for. This is being in expectancy.
We are empowered and being in expectancy is powerful. Believing in ourselves and having faith that we will receive what we've been praying for is empowering and powerful. We are empowered beings. We make choices daily about things that we want and what we don't want. Its being in expectancy.
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