As children of the Most High we have a divine heritage and therefore a right to expect that God will take care of us in every way. The Bible is full of promises as to what God will do for His children, but perhaps Jesus put it the most plainly when he said,
What man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?
Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?
If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him? (Matthew 7:9-11).
So you have a divine right to expect all these good things from God. But what does God expect of us? Well, God has a right to expect that we will put Him first in our hearts. Then God expects us to have a lively faith. Faith in itself is a reliance upon the goodness of God.
And lastly, God expects us to go to Him in prayer — as a son who knows that even before he has asked, the loving Father has answered.
That which God expects of us is no small thing. If we truly put him first, then we must put ourselves last. We must sublimate our will, our desires and our priorities to His. We must also believe and strive to follow His instructions for how we live our lives. That means refusing to judge, condemn, be afraid, doubt, worry, hate and the list goes on. We must forgive, love, rejoice, be grateful, be humble and that list goes on. Finally, we must commune with God a speak to him with our hearts and prayers. The good news is that God will love and protect us even when we fall short of these aspirations. But we must believe and we must try. That is what God expects.
Putting Him first,
Z gardener
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