The Antidote for Anxiety and Depression: Trust in Abba Father’s Care – Pt 62
Expectation from God
My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.
– Psalms 62:5
There is no one else in whom your soul can wait or rest or tarry, knowing that your expectation or hope also comes from that person but God. To wait on and hope in people, whether your family, parents, children, spouses, good friends, bosses, et cetera, is to set up yourself for disappointment over and over again because even with very good intentions people are often unable to meet the expectations held of them.
Being disappointed over and over again can lead to anxiety and depression as one focusses on the unmet expectation. As, “hope deferred makes the heart sick…” (Proverbs 13:12).
However, to wait or rest or tarry only on and hope in God result in your expectations being met because God never disappoints. He said in Isaiah 49:23, “…Then you will know that I am the Lord; Those who hope in me will not be disappointed.”
When you have expectation of God from whom comes the very expectation in the first place, rather than putting your hope in man, God will work through people to bless you. Even if you do not receive what you are hoping for when you expect to, you will have the peace of God as your soul rests or stays in Him, knowing that in the fulness of time He makes all things beautiful.
God bless you!
MY PRAYER FOR TODAY
Papa I worship You in whom is my hope. Thank You that I can trust and depend on You because You are my God who never disappoints. I declare that I will only rest and hope in You for my help always. I pray this by faith in Jesus’ name with thanksgiving. Amen!
