by Minister Diane Cannon
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct your paths. - Proverbs 3:5,6
Expectations are often formed by our failures and patterned by what we think is our just desert. Never expecting more than we deserve can lead to a mediocre life with little more to look forward to than what We think God wants us to have. But in fact God has not put such limitation on us and He fully expects us to move out from the bondage that we have placed ourselves in.
We spend a lot of time talking about our track record, all the things we have achieved, or not achieved throughout our life. Christians have a tendency of always living in the past or looking toward some future event instead of living in the now. We are either worried about tomorrow's circumstances or trying to resurrect some dead memorial of the past, If we are always looking back and not ahead, we will begin to believe that what we have done in the past is the best we can do in the future. In any case we are missing what God has for us today! God is always leading us to expand our horizons and stretch out in faith for the impossible.
There will be no end to the opportunities that God will give us if we will forget the past and take hold to that which does not yet exist. If we will expect the impossible and reach for the unexpected we will experience great miracles of grace and favor.
We have been given the grace and power to change tomorrow by what we pray what we believe and what we say today. Getting in line with God requires faith. You have to put your trust in God. You have to believe that God has the best plan and that that plan is best for you. You have to be willing to let God guide your life.
We have to come to the place that there are no more excuses that hold us back from reaching every plan and purpose God has for us. Not our age, race, financial status or even our gender can determine what God has for you is for you. 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 hope and a future.Jeremiah 29:11 God says he know the plans he has for you. And he is well able to provide for you what is needed to accomplish all the plans and purposes he has for you. Soooooo trust him, acknowledge him and let him direct your path.
