Expectations..

I read a quote the other day that just reached up and slapped me across the face.  Written by Rudy Rasmus, it said, "Expectations are premeditated resentment.” Man, it doesn't get any clearer than that. When are you most disappointed?   Usually it is when you expected something to happen that didn't or something happened that you didn't expect to.  You may go into a situation expecting the end result to be one way and it ends up being the total opposite than what you had planned out in your head.  Maybe someone might have even fallen short of the expectations that you had towards them in a friendship or a relationship.  Unmet expectations lead to disappointment and disappointments lead to resentment. 

When we place our expectations in something or someone other than God, whether we realize it or not, we are setting them and ourselves up for failure. Expectations are unneeded burdens that we were not meant to carry and they are not fair when placed on others. In fact, they will eventually do more damage than they do good.  People are going to let us down, we all fall short.  We will even let ourselves down and situations won't turn out the way we think they should, therefore, our expectations can only be in Christ alone.  

When I really think about it, who can live up to my expectations? To your expectations?  Who are we kidding, we can't even live up to our own expectations... 

By holding on to our own expectations of how things should be, we unknowingly place our all powerful, all knowing God in a box for our lives and our situations.  Instead of allowing Him to blow our minds day-by-day with what He has for us, we are steps ahead of Him, hanging on to our own preconceived notions about our lives and how things should be.  God's ways are not our ways, His timing sure ain't ours and our plans don't look like His, they are always better! We can trust Him to do what is right by us in all circumstances so  just sit back, relax and let Him blow your mind.

Uhhmm, can I get a witness?!