Great Expectations?

Do you have any “great expectations” for the future? Any thing you’re really anticipating? Perhaps you can’t wait to get your drivers’ license, go to college, be out “on your own,” or maybe you’re just looking forward to some event at school coming up in a few weeks.
It’s only natural that we have expectations and anticipations about the future, but it’s easy to allow our lives to be ruled by the future. Have you ever been so eager awaiting and looking forward to an event that after the event comes and goes, you feel let down? What usually happens is that we you start anticipating the next big thing!
When our lives are dominated by upcoming events, our expectations are not from God. Psalm 62:5 says, “My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from Him.”
As Christians who trust in God, we ought not have lists of expectations and hopes for the future. We should not be living in light of what we anticipate for the future. These kinds of expectations reveal a boastful pride that refuses to say “if the Lord wills” (Jas 4:13–17). Our expectation must come from God.
You may think I am saying we should never make any plans, but there is nothing wrong with making plans, as long as we preface all plans with “if the Lord wills.” What really matters is our attitude in looking toward the future: are we saying “This is what I will do” or is our thought “If the Lord allows and blesses my plan, this is what I hope to do”?
It is easy to get caught up in our plans for the future. We have to remember that “A man’s heart deviseth his way; but the Lord directeth his steps” (Prov 16:9). Instead of building great expectations, we should have “no expectations” and be constantly looking to God to provide and direct our lives.