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The year 2014 is rolling to an end, and 2015 looms!
And if other years are anything to go by, everyone is busy fashioning out new goals. We are crafting our New Year resolutions and believing that this time, we shall be successful.
We are full of great expectations for the coming year!
We must however, confirm that these expectations are part of God’s will for us, and not just wishful thinking or selfish imaginations. Furthermore, we have to be ready to work towards achieving our expectations when the opportunities arise. As an example, the Israelites wandered in the desert for forty years under God’s leading, relocating only when God’s cloud lifted and moved, and staying encamped when the cloud remained stationary. Jesus prepared for His ministry’s onset by fasting for 40 days and nights in the desert while communing with our Heavenly Father; He needed the Father’s permission and guidance to begin His earthly work.
God expects us to do likewise and look to Him before we make any commitments in the coming year. Along this line of thought, we must resolve to wait for God to lead us, even when we know what His will is. This means that the plan must not only be confirmed, but the timing for executing those plans must fall in line with God’s timing.
Only through the strict adherence to His will and timing can we truly experience the manifestation of our great expectations.

Lesson of the Week

1. Wait on God before you commit yourself to any action. (Psalms 27:14).
2. Write down your revelations for the upcoming year (Habakkuk 2:2).
Let us carve out a period of fasting and prayer before the year 2014 ends, or in January 2015; a time to seek God’s face concerning what He would have us do in the New Year.
In doing this, deny yourself of something you normally enjoy doing, and pray and wait for God’s revelation. God has promised to renew the strength of those who wait on Him (Isaiah 40:31).
Whatever impressions you feel during your time of fasting and prayer, write them down! Messages have a way of waning in our minds if they are not written down; doubts come to us as the year progresses, especially when we begin to face challenges.
This is the reason vision and mission statements for corporate entities are made; they remind us of the direction we started upon, and serve to bring us back in line if we begin to deviate.
May the Lord strengthen you to wait upon Him this season; may He grant you deep revelations about your future, and may those revelations birth great expectations and resolve in your heart!
Blessings and felicitations to us all, in Jesus’ name, Amen!
Weekly Nugget: “Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long. For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off” (Proverbs 23:17-18; KJV).

Dr. Kene D. Ewulu ministers from Columbia, South Carolina, The United States.
All scriptures were linked from www.biblegateway.com

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