Great Expectation

Expectations are the problem. We have great expectations for our lives that are all based on falsehoods, lies, and purposeful deceptions. There is only one expectation that is real: Jesus' return.

So long as our lives are focused clearly on Jesus, all is well. He will come back for us, and make all of this that makes no sense unimportant and irrelevant.

But we are not focused on Jesus. Not really. Not even those of us who want to be. We are focused instead on the treadmill of life, the drama, the hang ups, and the disappointments. All of which are avoidable.

Christmas isn't about Christ; it's about consumerism dressed up as good will towards men. Christmas is on Sunday this year. How many will go to church?

I suppose I am a cynic. Credit it to my own missed expectations. But through my failures I fully recognize my need for Grace.  And I thank God that his offer is free and everlasting.



“Behold, my eye has seen all this,
my ear has heard and understood it.
What you know, I also know;
I am not inferior to you.
But I would speak to the Almighty,
and I desire to argue my case with God.
As for you, you whitewash with lies;
worthless physicians are you all.
Oh that you would keep silent,
and it would be your wisdom!
Hear now my argument
and listen to the pleadings of my lips.
Will you speak falsely for God
and speak deceitfully for him?
Will you show partiality toward him?
Will you plead the case for God?
Will it be well with you when he searches you out?
Or can you deceive him, as one deceives a man?
He will surely rebuke you
if in secret you show partiality.
Will not his majesty terrify you,
and the dread of him fall upon you?
Your maxims are proverbs of ashes;
your defenses are defenses of clay.
(Job 13:1-12 ESV)