Imagine a child comes to you as a mother asking for something, after
asking the child says, “I’m just asking I know you will not give it to
me”......I’m sure you will feel bad as a mother, why then was the child asking
if he knows the mother will not give it to him?
Your expectation is that which you look forward to get from someone or
something at the end of a period.
When you pray do you have expectations? It is only the expectation of
the righteous that shall not be cut short. (Prov. 23:18). What happens to that
righteous fellow who does not have an expectation?
Many people gather together in the church in those days to pray for a
disciple who was in danger to be killed. Let’s see something about the “many”
who gathered to pray.
Acts 12: 5, 12-16
“5 - Peter therefore was kept in the prison, but constant prayer was made by the assembly to God for him.”
“12 Thinking about that, he came to the house of Mary, the mother of John whose surname was Mark, where many were gathered together and were praying.
13 When Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a maid named Rhoda came to answer.
14 When she recognized Peter's voice, she didn't open the gate for joy, but ran in, and reported that Peter stood before the gate.
15 They said to her, "You are crazy!" But she insisted that it was so. They said, "It is his angel."
16 But Peter continued knocking. When they had opened, they saw him, and were amazed (World English Bible)
“5 - Peter therefore was kept in the prison, but constant prayer was made by the assembly to God for him.”
“12 Thinking about that, he came to the house of Mary, the mother of John whose surname was Mark, where many were gathered together and were praying.
13 When Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a maid named Rhoda came to answer.
14 When she recognized Peter's voice, she didn't open the gate for joy, but ran in, and reported that Peter stood before the gate.
15 They said to her, "You are crazy!" But she insisted that it was so. They said, "It is his angel."
16 But Peter continued knocking. When they had opened, they saw him, and were amazed (World English Bible)
The many had come together to pray but they had no expectations for the
deliverance of Peter, the Bible did not tell us for how long they have been
praying but they were praying yet they were not ready for the answer to their
prayers. They were surprised because some of them came to pray because they did
not want the ”pastor” to query them, how often do we come into God’s presence
without expectation but just to fulfil all righteousness? We see the ''many'
praying and yet the language of unbelief in response to Rhoda the maid.
Often times we go before God in prayers yet we are not ready for what
God wants to do because we do not have expectations. Why do we go before God
when we do not believe He will do it? God wants us to come believing in Him for
our desires to be granted (Heb. 11:6).
The process of planting a seed by a farmer and burying a corpse by an undertaker is the same (digging the ground is involved), the difference between them is expectation. The farmer continues to water the farm land and remove weeds, expecting that the seed will germinate and grow, but the undertaker does not revisit the grave because he does not expect the corpse to rise again.
The process of planting a seed by a farmer and burying a corpse by an undertaker is the same (digging the ground is involved), the difference between them is expectation. The farmer continues to water the farm land and remove weeds, expecting that the seed will germinate and grow, but the undertaker does not revisit the grave because he does not expect the corpse to rise again.
Do you handle your prayers before God like a farmer or an undertaker?
As we tarry in His presence this new month, come expecting to receive
and the ever faithful Father will grant that desire of yours in Jesus name.
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