Expectation
Everyday you hear people expecting many things from you, MORE than that- you also hear YOURSELF expecting great things from yourselves.
What do you do about it? Do you listen to it? Do you try to fulfill those expectations? Do you beat yourself up if you don't?
Well i do. But what my mentor taught me today is that we can never fulfill those expectations. People may tell you what "God" is expecting of you, People may condemn you for doing wrong things. But for things that are God's is God's to decide and choose. He can condemn whoever He likes - He can teach whomever it is He wants. And the great thing about it is - NO ONE knows what God is thinking - nor does anyone have any control over His decision.
Ain't that great? People may condemn you or mock you for sinning. People may hate you for being so imperfect. People may criticize your ways of doing things. But God knows better! He knows what we need and He is patiently teaching us His ways. Only He knows the perfect ways of doing things. Only He can specify the things that are pleasing to Him.
Yes, people may be there to help you along the way. But i don't think people are there to be God. To take over His job by trying to show us the "right" way. I think God created human beings for them to support and encourage each other. Never does the Bible ever specify that we are here to be God's little judges. Nor did He ever tells us to be little gods by determining to people what's right and what's wrong. That's why prayer is important isn't it? Because the moment we stop praying is the moment we begin to think that we are god- that we can depend on ourselves.
God knows that we are little failures - but He choose to forgive and work on us anyway. Only when we know that God loves us that we can love ourselves and love others ( i seriously need to remember this!!)
What do you do about it? Do you listen to it? Do you try to fulfill those expectations? Do you beat yourself up if you don't?
Well i do. But what my mentor taught me today is that we can never fulfill those expectations. People may tell you what "God" is expecting of you, People may condemn you for doing wrong things. But for things that are God's is God's to decide and choose. He can condemn whoever He likes - He can teach whomever it is He wants. And the great thing about it is - NO ONE knows what God is thinking - nor does anyone have any control over His decision.
Ain't that great? People may condemn you or mock you for sinning. People may hate you for being so imperfect. People may criticize your ways of doing things. But God knows better! He knows what we need and He is patiently teaching us His ways. Only He knows the perfect ways of doing things. Only He can specify the things that are pleasing to Him.
Yes, people may be there to help you along the way. But i don't think people are there to be God. To take over His job by trying to show us the "right" way. I think God created human beings for them to support and encourage each other. Never does the Bible ever specify that we are here to be God's little judges. Nor did He ever tells us to be little gods by determining to people what's right and what's wrong. That's why prayer is important isn't it? Because the moment we stop praying is the moment we begin to think that we are god- that we can depend on ourselves.
God knows that we are little failures - but He choose to forgive and work on us anyway. Only when we know that God loves us that we can love ourselves and love others ( i seriously need to remember this!!)
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