What are your expectations in your walk with Christ?
Sometimes we expect to be rewarded too soon for following Christ. We expect congratulations (or at least grudging admiration) from coworkers and friends for our choice to do what is right. Most of all, we expect God to oversee everything with our own interests first in his mind.
We can get a rude awakening when our expectations get ambushed by the exact opposite -- trouble, tragedy, conflict, or disappointment. As Jesus' death on the cross shows, sometimes God's plan for us doesn't bring instant victory, justice, or reward.
Suffering may precede or follow right choices.
Don't let your expectations get in the way of enjoying God's good plan for you now. He cares -- you can be sure of that.
Setbacks, unfairness, sufferings, and other trials enter the picture as part of it all. Exactly why, you may not know. But you can be sure that it isn't a surprise to God and that the timetable -- though it may seem long -- makes perfect sense to him.
# The One Year Through the Bible devotional # by Dave Veerman
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