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HOW SHOULD A KING COME?

“Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD,

“When I will raise up for David a righteous Branch; And He will reign as king.”

jeremiah 23:5 (nasb)

There’s a lovely Christmas carol that talks about the expectation of the King’s arrival for the Jews. The Savior, the King who was promised to the nation of Israel, didn’t come as they expected. He came not as a King who conquered and vanquished all their human foes, but instead wrapped in our limited flesh as a helpless babe in a humble manger.

Do your expectations ever get shattered? Is reality a much different place than you expected it to be? The lesson here is that sometimes our expectations are just wrong. What expectations could you let go of today to make your heart a readier place for the Spirit of God to work in a mighty way and bring you joy?

Lord, I lay down every expectation

and faulty idea that is not from You. Show me

Your way, for I know it is higher

and better than my own.