Recovery Christian Center Daily Meditation - 7/11/13 - Not Every Expectation Is Unrealistic

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Recovery Christian Center Daily Meditation - 7/11/13 - Not Every Expectation Is Unrealistic

"Shout with joy to the Lord, all the earth! Worship the Lord with gladness. Come before him, singing with joy. Acknowledge that the Lord is God! He made us, and we are his. We are his people, the sheep of his pasture. Enter his gates with thanksgiving; go into his courts with praise. Give thanks to him and praise his name. For the Lord is good. His unfailing love continues forever, and his faithfulness continues to each generation." Psalms 100 NLT

All of us have heard the phrase unrealistic expectations and we know that having them and placing them on others and even ourselves can be detrimental to our walk with Christ and our recovery. Expecting someone to change who isn't ready or expecting a job that isn't really God's will for us or even expecting everyone to forgive us for our past and except us unconditionally can set us up for unnecessary disappointment which can send us on a downward spiral if we're not careful.

There are however some area we can have expectations, even ones that to the outside world might seem unrealistic. Those areas are our relationship with God, our spiritual growth, our relationship with self and our ongoing recovery. We can expect miracles in those area if we are committed to this new way of life. In fact it is impossible to spend time in the presence of God and not be changed. The text tells us that "we are His" and "His unfailing love continues forever".  We can expect that our praise and worship and our continual investment in our relationship with Him and ourselves will change us into who He has called us to be. If we pray and stay in His presence, stay in His Word and our recovery literature there is no way we will stay the same because it's God's will for us to grow.