Expectations
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There are times when I have expectations of someone and they simply don’t measure up. I’m still learning to be clear in my expectations. If someone has expectations for me and I don’t know what they are, I will certainly have a hard time measuring up or meeting them.
As I journey through the Word of God, I’m able to clearly see some of His expectations for me and for His people. I must confess that I don’t measure up pretty often.
He gave instructions to Moses that were specific about sins that were detestable to Him. He even made it clear what the consequences of those sins where. He then raises the bar for His people. Check this out…
22 ‘“Keep all my decrees and laws and follow them, so that the land where I am bringing you to live may not vomit you out. 23 You must not live according to the customs of the nations I am going to drive out before you. Because they did all these things, I abhorred them. 24 But I said to you, ‘You will possess their land; I will give it to you as an inheritance, a land flowing with milk and honey.’ I am the Lord your God, who has set you apart from the nations.
26 You are to be holy to me because I, the Lord, am holy, and I have set you apart from the nations to be my own. (Leviticus 20:22-24,26 NIV)
I’ve said it many times before and I’ll say it again…This is not rocket science, it is simply obedience from the heart that shows up in my outward actions. The Lord expects me to be Holy as He is Holy. When I make bad decisions and choices, they come from my heart. If I’m ever to meet His expectations of me, I must start with my heart.
I must cultivate holiness inside there.
I must talk to Him about my heart.
I must talk to Him about my holiness.
I must talk to Him about my choices.
I must talk to Him about EVERYTHING.
He is the ONLY One Who can clean my heart and heal it from brokenness. He makes beautiful people out of broken hearts. When He works on my heart, He can “hard wire” it to honor Him. I know that He expects me to be Holy and I can because of Christ living inside me. I can’t be holy on my own, but because He rules and reigns in my heart, He can be clearly seen there in what appears to be my holiness and my righteousness- It’s really His.
Pressing On!
Dwayne