EXPECTATION PRECEDES EXPERIENCE

Text: Matthew 24:42 “Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come”

INTRODUCTION

Expectation precedes experience in other words; the foundation for every desired result is expecting it. This will be evident in your preparation for it. In the same vein, you don’t expect to have a result for an examination you never sat for. The lame man at the beautiful gate in Acts 3:5 was said to have given;

“...heed unto them (Peter and John), expecting to receive something of them”

Expecting is a way of placing a demand on life to deliver the abundance He offers, John 10:10b says;

“...I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly”

As open as this offer may look, your signature of expectancy must first be appended for you to enjoy the abundance it offers. This is where faith comes in; it is your faith by which your desire is formed and delivered to you that is being created in the place of expectation. The purpose of salvation is the richest of any purpose under the Heaven because it offers life to the fullest. Let’s look at a few areas one could be expectant;

WHAT AREAS AM I TO BE EXPECTANT?

A. Heaven- You will agree with me that we are all pilgrims here on earth and that we have an eternal home where we’ll all return. For believers, it is heaven while it is hell for the unbelievers. So, paramount on the list of our expectations as believers must be heaven. Making heaven must be a conscious part of our daily living. Matthew 6:33 says;

“...seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness...”

Even scripture categorises it as first but unfortunately many today seek the last in place of the first. Your heart resides where your treasure is in the same vein, lay up your treasure in heaven so that you can end up there because expectation precedes experience. What you give attention to will always deliver its dividends to you. As Christians, we must give God our utmost attention to have our expectation converted to experience.

B. In 3John 2, scripture says;

“Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth”

It is the will of God that we live in Divine health. Jesus did not just heal during His earthly but He made whole leaving no trace of the ailment on its victim. That is why I know beyond all reasonable doubts that everyone here with one ailment or the other, diagnosed or not, as you give attention to Jesus from now those ailments will melt away in Jesus name, Amen!

Blind Bartemeus had heard that one Jesus of Nazareth is on rampage healing diverse sickness and working miracles. So, he made up his mind in expectation that when he gets a hold of this Jesus, he wouldn’t let him go until He has healed and so it was, Mark 10:47-52. The woman with the issue of blood in Mark 5:25-34 amongst many isn’t excepted from the catalogue of men and women who expected and experienced as expected.

C. All Needs- Everything you have and will ever need for a glorious living by heaven’s standard are wrapped up in God and I mean just everything, Finance, Wisdom, Ideas etc. John 1:3 says;

“All things were made by him; and without him was not anything made that was made”

Everything you desire or will ever desire has only one source and if any other shows up, it is the way of the thief, John 10:1. If you receive anything on any other line than that of faith, it is a stolen property in your possession. Faith is your access to meeting all your needs; for without faith it impossible to convince the giver of all things. Hence, the just shall live by faith, Hebrew 10:38.

Furthermore on this note, there is nothing you need that wouldn’t have to follow the track of expectation before you experience it in other words, until your expectation has appended its signature heaven is not obliged to release it. Matthew 24:42 admonishes us to be on our watch because we don’t know when the Lord will come in other words, only those expectant will have something or one to welcome. When the Lord eventually come sickness, barrenness, poverty etc are bound to flee.

Conclusively, Matthew 6:32b reminds us that God is aware of our needs and not our wants while Philippians 4:19 assure us that He will supply those needs to us according to His riches in glory. Though not according to our own timing but His timing during which whatever He gives is most needed and beautiful, Eccl 3:9. To crown it all and to boost your faith, Romans 8:32 further assures us that if God didn’t spare His Son (Jesus) and He released Him to die for us when we were dead in sin, what could be too much for Him to give us? If you’ll be true to yourself in answering the above question, you’ll realize you are already on your way to the supernatural.

If you are not saved then you are not safe; give your life to Jesus now as you say the following prayer “Lord Jesus, I acknowledge that I am a sinner, please forgive all my trespasses, wash me in Your blood and give me a new beginning as I accept you as my Lord and personal Saviour from now on, Amen” Congratulations and God bless you.