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.
Putting God first, practicing our faith and relying on God sounds like fairly simple propositions, and they are. Doing these things however, is anything but simple and are among the most difficult things we can attempt. For it is human nature to put ourselves first, to put our wants before our faith and to rely on ourselves for our needs. So, we must overcome basic human nature and rise above human weakness and self-centeredness if we are to do that which God expects of us.
Well, “no one can do all that,” we might say and we would be right. The good news is that God does not expect us to be perfect. God’s love is boundless and God’s forgiveness and grace are always available to us when we fall short. And, to receive love, grace and forgiveness God expects us to try with all we have, accept when we fail, repent and pray for forgiveness.
Therefore, God does not expect us to be perfect but to do our best with all our heart, pray for God’s guidance and to keep trying. Then, as our father, God will give us more than just bread. God will give us joy, peace and hope. And we will be able to live in the garden God created for us instead of the world we create.
God first,
Z gardener
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