Ephesians 3:20 ‘Now unto Him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us.”

DAILY READING Acts 23:23-24:9; Judges 20; Psalm 45

Oral Roberts, is considered one of the most recognizable Christian leaders of the 20th century. His televised faith-healing ministry attracted millions of followers worldwide. However, his success in ministry came as a result of his great expectations from God.

When Oral Roberts started out in ministry as a young pastor he yearned to see the dramatic healing miracles that were so prominent in the book of Acts and in the ministry of Jesus. However, when he failed to see the results his heart envisioned, he finally became desperate. Feeling led to read through the Gospels and the book of Acts three times in three months on his knees, and fasting frequently, he sought for a breakthrough in his ministry. So serious was he in his desperation and fasting that he lost 40 pounds and went from a size 46 suit to a 38. At last he got on his face before God and told the Lord he was not going to get up until he heard from Him. He prayed until he could pray no longer and then lay on the floor. After a season of quietness the voice came to him: “From this hour you shall have My power to heal the sick and to cast out demons.” He asked God in prayer to do three things for him as confirmation. At this time he was pastoring a church of only 175 people, he asked God to bring 1,000 people to a healing crusade he was organizing. Secondly he asked for the offering to be up to $160 to cover the rent for the auditorium, and thirdly he asked that someone would get a dramatic and tangible healing in the service. He told God if these three things didn’t happen, then he would walk away from the ministry and become a salesman. At the crusade he organized, God answered all three requests; 1200 people showed up, the offering was $163, and a woman with a gnarled, crippled right hand was dramatically healed. With this confirmation, and a burning heart and passion, Oral Roberts launched out into an itinerant evangelistic and healing ministry. In a very short time he became a national figure and eventually headed a global ministry that impacted many people around the world. He also founded Oral Roberts University [ORU] which is one of the largest, most influential Christian liberal arts universities in the world.

Prov. 10:24 says that the desire of the righteous shall be granted.

The question is; what are we desirous to see?

Every season of prayer and fasting should culminate in the manifestation of glory in our lives. It is not enough to have gone through a long fast, there must be results following. After Jesus had fasted when He came down from the mountain, The Bible says there was an eruption of power and His fame spread abroad.

After paying the spiritual price of fasting and praying we should be ready to see the eruption of power. We can’t go back to living normally. However, it is our expectation that sets the pace for our manifestation. To see the miraculous, we must indeed be expectant. Expectation is indeed the mother of manifestation.

Mark 11:24 says ‘Therefore I say unto you, what things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them’.

According to the above scripture, God is committed to bring to pass whatever our desire in prayer. However, lack of expectation is the reason for many people’s frustration in prayer. What you don’t desire you don’t deserve. Only the hopeful have access to the help of God. What you don’t expect you can’t experience. God has promised, His word is ready to perform, however it is your expectation that determines when you will be visited.

While hope is a wish for something to happen, expectation defines what we want to see happen. Expectation is hope with responsibility.

And there is nothing that we hope or expect that will be too great for God to accomplish.

Eph. 3:20 which says ‘God can do anything, you know—far more than you could ever imagine or guess or request in your wildest dreams!’… (MSG)

When your expectations are high, you commit God to perform.

Psalm 62:5 – My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.

Whatever we expressed to God in the season of prayer, we should continue to expect. Don’t give up hope, keep confessing and declaring your desire. God is faithful to do what He has said He will do. Your miracle in on the way, therefore do not abort the process by giving up on your expectations. We serve the God of excessive power, excessive grace, and excessive love, and He will indeed do exceedingly abundantly far and beyond what we could ever ask or imagine!

PRAYER:

Lord please help me to stretch the limits of my expectations. I know indeed You can do exceedingly abundantly above all I could ever ask or imagine. Thank You Lord for speedy manifestation of my desires in Jesus Name.

QUOTE

It takes a heart for God to make a mark in the sands of time. – WORDBITE 201.