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Experiencing
the Glory of God 5
The Importance of Unleashing
Expectation
by Pastor John Hamel
I want to look at some verses of Scripture and stir you up
concerning unleashing expectation for the
Glory. We cannot and must not try to control or dominate Holy God,
telling Him how we want things to be. But we can and we must expect Him to keep His written Word concerning His
promised Glory.
“Then shall we know, if we follow on
to know the Lord: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall
come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.”
(Hosea 6:3)
“Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up
your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the Lord, till he come and rain
righteousness upon you.” (Hosea 10:12)
“Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in
the Lord your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he
will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter
rain in the first month.” (Joel 2:23)
“And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations
shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith
the Lord of hosts. The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the Lord of hosts. The glory of this latter
house shall be greater than of the former, saith
the Lord of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, saith
the Lord of hosts.” (Haggai 2:7-9)
“Ask ye of the Lord rain in the time of the latter rain; so the
Lord shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one
grass in the field.” (Zechariah 10:1)
From these verses we clearly see that it is perfectly Scriptural for us to unleash expectation
for the manifest Glory as God promised. The Pastor, the Prophet, the
Evangelist simply cannot pull the whole load for the congregation.
They need help and agreement from the congregation. The congregation
must unleash expectation for the Glory to be in manifestation. My
wife and I refer to unleashing expectation for the Glory as “pulling” on
the Glory.
New
Testament Examples of Unleashing Expectation
“And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of
blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his
garment: For she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment,
I shall be whole. But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he
said, Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole. And the
woman was made whole from that hour.” (Matthew 9:20-22)
It was up to this woman to
unleash expectation for the healing Glory to come into her
body. It is up to us to unleash expectation for the healing Glory to
come into our bodies.
“And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him,
crying, and saying, Thou Son of David, have mercy on us. And when he
was come into the house, the blind men came to him: and Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do this?
[Do you expect me to?] They said unto him, Yea, Lord. Then touched he
their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it
unto you. And their eyes were opened; and Jesus straitly
charged them, saying, See that no man know it. But they, when they
were departed, spread abroad his fame in all that country.” (Matthew
9:27-31)
Jesus told the blind men that they must first unleash
expectation, using their own faith, if they wanted
to see the healing Glory. The same is true with each of us.
“And one of the multitude answered and said, Master, I have
brought unto thee my son, which hath a dumb spirit;
And wheresoever he taketh
him, he teareth him: and he foameth,
and gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth away: and I spake to
thy disciples that they should cast him out; and they could not. He answereth him, and saith, O
faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how
long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me.
And they brought him unto him: and when he saw him, straightway the spirit tare him; and he fell on the ground, and wallowed
foaming."
"And he asked his father, How long is it ago since this
came unto him? And he said, Of a child. And ofttimes
it hath cast him into the fire, and into the waters, to destroy him: but if
thou canst do any thing, have compassion on us, and help us. Jesus
said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that
believeth. And straightway the father of the child cried out, and
said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief. When Jesus
saw that the people came running together, he rebuked the foul spirit,
saying unto him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, come out of him,
and enter no more into him. And the spirit cried, and rent him sore,
and came out of him: and he was as one dead; insomuch that many said, He is
dead. But Jesus took him by the hand, and lifted him up; and he
arose. And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him
privately, Why could not we cast him out? And he said unto them, This
kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.” (Mark 9:17-29)
Here again is another example of an individual first having to
unleash expectation in order to see the power, the virtue, the Glory of God
in manifestation.
Read
This Whole Passage. It'll Help You.
“Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the
town of Mary and her sister
Martha. [It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and
wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.]
Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick. When Jesus heard that, he said,
This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of
God might be glorified thereby. Now Jesus loved Martha, and her
sister, and Lazarus. When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he
abode two days still in the same place where he was. ...
“These things said he: and after that he saith
unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go,
that I may awake him out of sleep. Then said his disciples, Lord, if
he sleep, he shall do well. Howbeit Jesus spake of his death: but they thought that he had spoken
of taking of rest in sleep. Then said Jesus unto them plainly,
Lazarus is dead. And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there,
to the intent ye may believe; nevertheless let us go unto him. ...
“Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went
and met him: but Mary sat still in the house. Then said Martha unto
Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother
had not died. But I know, that even now, whatsoever thou wilt ask of
God, God will give it thee. Jesus saith
unto her, Thy brother shall rise again. ... Then when Mary was come where
Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying unto him, Lord,
if thou hadst been here, my brother had not
died.
“When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also
weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit [Snort as a horse in
fear or anger. Angry over what Satan and sin had caused this
family.], and was troubled [agitated]. And said,
Where have ye laid him? They said unto him, Lord, come and see. Jesus
wept. Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him! And some of
them said, Could not this man, which opened the
eyes of the blind, have caused that even this man should not have died?
“... Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the
grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it. Jesus said, Take ye away the stone.
Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith
unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he
hath been dead four days. Jesus saith unto
her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest
believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God? [He
was telling her "... stay in faith or this isn't going to happen
today!"]
“Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said,
Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me. And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people which
stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me. And
when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come
forth. And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with
grave clothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin.
“Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go. Then
many of the Jews which came to Mary, and had seen the things which Jesus
did, believed on him.” (John 11:1-45)
Jesus told Martha that if she would believe or unleash
expectation, she would see the Glory of God actually raise her brother from
the dead. She did as Jesus instructed, unleashing expectation and Lazarus was raised up.
This is the reason God wants to pour out the Glory, recovery, restoration, resurrection, repair, revival, salvation and wholeness. God wills to do this in
every realm of your existence.
However, someone must first unleash expectation for the
Glory. Someone must “pull” on the Glory by telling God, “I believe
You can. I believe You will and I expect You to.
Respectfully. In Jesus’ Name.”
PRAYER: “Father, help me to use my faith like Martha and
all those other people in the Bible did. I want to cooperate with
Your Glory. I see now that it's not all up to You. I am now
ready to move with You, anytime, anywhere. Whatever You want, I
want. You want me to unleash expectation for the Glory so that’s
exactly what I’m going to start doing. I am unleashing expectation
for the Glory because I want to be pleasing to
You first. I want to have my needs met second. In
Jesus’ Name.”
Be
blessed, as you expect ... John and Barbara Hamel
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