Expect Good Things: What Do You Expect?

“The hope of the righteous will be gladness, But the expectation of the wicked will perish.” 
– Proverbs 10:28 | NKJV

Hope, expectations, dreams, and aspirations are wonderful words that are becoming like endangered species in today’s media vocabulary.

In a world marked by failed political leadership, economic uncertainty, and a steady stream of troubling news, it’s no surprise that many find themselves weighed down by discouragement, even without realizing it.

Today, more than ever, people are being diagnosed with depression or grappling with emotional numbness. Some have even embraced a fatalistic mindset, believing that things can never truly get better. Yet as believers, we are called to fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen—on the hope and assurance we have in Christ.

God has made us creatures of Faith, Love, & Hope, and we thrive where these exist (And now abide faith, hope, love,… 1 Cor. 13:13).

Hope is thus very necessary if we are to have a healthy and fruitful walk on this earth.

But let us who are of the day be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet the hope of salvation. – 1 Thess. 5:8 (NKJV)

Because hope is vital, God gives us dreams and imaginations, which are essentially pictures placed in our hearts to inspire and spur us to keep taking that step. It is an expectation that the dream in our hearts will come true. If you lose this emotional expectation, then the joy of the walk disappears. 

Proverbs 10:28 in The Message translation reads, “The aspirations of good people end in celebration; the ambitions of bad people crash.”

I recently came across an interesting acronym for HOPE
H – Holding
O – Onto
P – Prophetic 
E – Expectations

When you understand that the prophetic is two-edged, you will appreciate your part in hope.

Prophetic for a child of God means the declared, proclaimed mind of God, and also your personal confessions and declarations in agreement with what the Father has said concerning you.

Keep your hope alive by continually envisioning the bright and vibrant future God has prepared for you—a peaceful home, a joyful life, and every beautiful promise you’re believing for.

Enter each new day with prayer and joy, holding on to this truth: “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a future and a hope” (Jeremiah 29:11). If God has promised it, He is faithful to bring it to pass!

Let Us Pray

Dear Heavenly Father, I agree with the plans and great future you have for me. I anticipate the manifestation of your plans and purposes for my life with thanksgiving. Let it be unto me according to your word. My expectations will end in celebration

Lord, at Your Command and by Your Spirit, I overcome all my enemies and subdue all those who hate me! I reign in life over them through the victory you gave me in the Blood of Christ Jesus.

Lord, grant me a revelation of the stages in my journey of faith. Today, I draw grace to live faithfully to every stage of my faith’s journey until I reach my final destination in Christ.

In Jesus’ Name, I pray, Amen

Praying in the Spirit for 30 minutes (Take out some more time to pray more in the cause of the day or night)

Prayer of Thanksgiving for another 5-10 mins

DAILY BIBLE READING PLAN 
Exodus 27

Proverbs 3

John 6

Galatians 2