Expectations.

It's such a difficult word to swallow.
as we grow up we realise that the people around us expect so much more.
our parents expect us to do well for our exams and get into good schools.
we are expected to be responsible, have good attitudes and make decent friends.
we are expectd to know what we are doing and where or how we go about living our lives.
after we graduate, we are then expected by society to get a good job
earn our keep, provide for our parents, save for our future and be busy with work & life.
After working for several years we are then expected to settle down,
find a spouse and get married.
then we are expected by the govt. to have babies and populate the earth.

so then.
whose expectations do we keep up to.
whose expectations do we meet up with?
Our parents? our friends? society's? the government's?

We are called to be IN this world but not OF this world.
We should be lookg at what God expects of us.
What does He call us to do? Busy ourselves with work and money and neglect the eternal salvation of our love ones? Provide for them in this lifetime yet do not desire for their eternal life in heaven?

Nope. i'm not asking you to neglect your studies quit your school or quit your job.
i'm also guilty of the above mentioned. Very much so i am.
i'm just asking you to have an eternal perspective on your life.
to spend your time which you have on earth wisely.
but at the same time realise that you have an eternity with Him.
all of us have 24hrs a day. and we never know when God will take us home.
we all look forward to the day when God will say to us,
"Well done, good and faithful servant"
but we shld also look forward to our family members and friends hearing the exact same words.

So please, dont keep this great love of Christ to yourself anymore.
Let's move forward together, love one another, edify one another.
So that we can in turn go out into the world as ONE BODY,
planting the seed of the gospel and the good news of Jesus Christ
Into the lives of our loved ones.