Come Expecting

Every housewife can probably attest to how tedious grocery shopping can get.  

Once in a while thou, I find myself completing my grocery run on a morning fast and empty stomach.  

On those days I definitely don’t breeze through the aisles as I normally would.  All of a sudden, my food sensors are super hyper alert.  Absolutely everything I come across goes in the cart and sounds like a great idea for dinner. 

On other days however, my appetite isn’t so tangibly present. I can go through the entire store with just the bare minimum. 

There is something about bringing an appetite that entirely changes the grocery experience.

Just prior to the start of about every church service, our pastor likes to remind the congregation the importance of coming to church expecting.

I’m convinced coming with an expectation is just like bringing an appetite to the grocery store. 

It has the ability to put the attention into focus, specifically to things that previously were casually overlooked.  

In fact, I began to implement the same method while completing my daily devotionals.  I discovered the more I approach the word expecting, the more I am able to take away from the reading. 

Jesus claimed,

For the measure you use will be the measure you receive. (Lu. 6:38)

If you come expecting nothing, you will leave receiving nothing.  

"You might not always get what you want, but you always get what you expect."
Charles Spurgeon

Supporting Text

Blessed are they which do hunger…: for they shall be filled. (Matt. 5:6)