EXPECTATIONS - We wait in anticipatory, "God-watching" or not.....

EXPECTATIONS...Psalm 42:11, "But O my soul, don't be discouraged. Don't be upset. Expect God to act! For I know that I shall again have plenty of reason to praise Him for all that He will do. He is my help! He is my God!"

"So, we fix our sights on God. Single eyed, like a dove, single focus. We put God first in thought, in love, in hope, in faith, in trust and in ACTION. HE IS SOVEREIGN OVERALL, OR NOT AT ALL. Yes, it is in God we trust and must never budge!" His ways are soooo much higher than ours. Thank God! So, these are my early morning thoughts. Things to remember today and everyday, along with, practicing His PRESENCE!

From Websters Dictionary 1828 - a look into "expectations"
Expect
EXPECT', verb transitive [Latin expecto; ex and specto, to look, that is, to reach forward, or to fix the eyes.]

1. To wait for.

The guards,

By me encamp'd on yonder hill, expect

Their motion.

[This sense, though often used by Gibbon, seems to be obsolescent.]

2. To look for; to have a previous apprehension of something future, whether good or evil; to entertain at least a slight belief that an event will happen. We expect a visit that has been promised. We expect money will be paid at the time it is due, though we are often disappointed.

EXPECT, in its legitimate sense, always refers to a future event. The common phrase, I expect it was, is as vulgar as it is improper.