Expect BIG

Happy Sunday!

"My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my EXPECTATION is from him."(Psalm 62:5 KJV).

What are you expecting?  Are you expecting prosperity?  Can you see yourself helping others financially?  Are you expecting healing?  Can you see yourself well and doing the things you love?  Do you expect to be happy and full of joy?  Can you see yourself strengthened and encouraged, lifting others out of depression and despair?  We get what we Expect!  Hebrews 11:1-2 in the Message Translation says, "The fundamental fact of existence is that this TRUST in God, this FAITH, is the firm foundation under everything that makes life worth living. It’s our handle on what we can’t see. The act of faith is what distinguished our ancestors, set them above the crowd".  We are probably more familiar with the KJV Version of this scripture, "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen."(Hebrews 11:1 KJV). 

Acts 3:1-3 says, "One day Peter and John went to the Temple area. It was three o’clock in the afternoon, which was the time for the daily Temple prayer service. As they were entering the Temple area, a man was there who had been crippled all his life. He was being carried by some friends who brought him to the Temple every day. They put him by one of the gates outside the Temple. It was called Beautiful Gate. There he begged for money from the people going to the Temple. That day he saw Peter and John going into the Temple area. He asked them for money."(Easy-to-Read Version).  The KJV Version of verse 5 says, "And he gave heed unto them, EXPECTING to receive something of them."(Acts 3:5 KJV).

Peter and John didn't give him any money although it was customary to carry money to the temple for offerings, and to give to the poor.  Peter took authority in the Name of JESUS, and commanded the man to rise up and walk!  "And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up: and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength. And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God."(Acts 3:7-8 KJV).  Don't miss this!  A man who had been crippled ALL of his life is now immediately healed, and is walking, leaping, and praising God!  The man expected money, but received far more!  That's the way God works!  Ephesians 3:20 says, "Now glory be to God, who by his mighty power at work within us is able to do FAR MORE than we would ever dare to ASK or even DREAM of—infinitely beyond our highest prayers, desires, thoughts, or hopes."(Living Bible).

I pray that you EXPECT Big Things this week and receive them! 

Love and prayers, Cynthia