So often we have this idea that things should play out the way we want them to. We put expectations on ourselves and others. DANGER. We set ourselves up for disappointment when we do that. I have thought about this over and over on the race. I have conditioned myself to not have expectations on what this journey should or shouldn’t look like. But, everyone can tell by my emotional reaction to situations that I often fail at it.
One thing I didn’t think about was the expectations that others would have for me. I didn’t think about the expectations from my team, leaders, or contacts. We all have them. DANGER.
I experienced not meeting someone’s expectation on the field this month. I felt this expectation of being amazing preachers, women of supernatural healing abilities, and/or a psychological counselor placed on our team. But, the truth is that we can only do the best we can and let God take care of the rest. We prepare for sermons as best we can with a day’s notice and sometimes they come out to only 10 minutes when 40 are expected. We pray fervently for cancer to leave bodies, but sometimes the people still die even though our prayers are called powerful and effective. We pour into lives and offer prayer and advice, but the people are still haunted by fears because they need to see a professional and we aren’t trained in that field. We do our best. We rely on God. That is it.
What happens when we don’t meet someone else’s expectations?
