Expecting the unexpected

"Expectation is the root of all heartache". William Shakespeare. I happened to disagree with this statement. If i may, let me correct it (i'm not trying to discredit or compare myself with Shakespeare): "Wrong expectation is the root of all heartache"! Of course i'm saying it in a Christian perspective. If you don't "expect" to receive something (faith), you'll receive nothing! James explained this when talking about wisdom, in James 1:7 That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. When he talks about wisdom, he says that the will of God is to give wisdom to everyone who asks for, but on the other hand, he says that if you don't have faith (assurance, certainty), you'll never receive it! James 1:5-6 If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you. But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. James goes further and says that this "double-minded" person won't receive anything from the Lord. Let's bring this to our daily lives: Let's say that we have a bank account (checking), in that account we have $1000. Let's say we need $100 cash to buy food (forget about the card). What do we do? We go to the bank and get the money, right? Why? Because we know we have $1000 in our account. This may sound silly but it is a reality. Let's say we don't have any money in the bank, but we are so confident that we will get the $100 we need to buy food that, even conscious that we have no money in the bank, we go to the bank to get the money. I'm speaking to reasonable people, will we ever go to the bank if we don't expect to get the money? If we're not crazy, we won't go because we already know we don't have any money in our account! But, let's say that i have a "phenomenal" expectation and, because i am a devoted christian dude, i "believe" (even if God didn't say or promised anything to me) i'll get the money and go to the bank anyways. Let's imagine this dialog between i and the cashier (teller): I: "I want $100". Cashier: "No can do it, Sir!" I: "Why not?" Cashier: "You don't have any money in your account! Nothing, nada, nein, 没有" I: "I expect to get $100 from you" Cashier: "You're crazy, get out before i call the cops". End of dialogue... Can you say i didn't have any expectation? No, it was a "phenomenal" expectation, but, i it was a wrong expectation! In that case, Shakespeare was right, it would have caused me a huge heartache and lots of aches if i argued with the cops. So, why our expectations, most of the time, are not met? Because they have no "foundation", no "grounds", they are just "wrong". So, why James says that "God gives generously to all without finding fault"? Because God's will is to give us wisdom, we just need to believe that. Once, in a prophecy, a prophet said i was "fluctuating like a yo-yo", or as James said, i was "like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind". That was I. Thank God the prophet also said: "because i decided to concentrate on God, God was blessing me and was going to use me". Check this post: Personal Testimony: Fasting. Why did I have so many "heartaches" before? Because of my wrong expectations! I've been learning with Jesus Christ to "expect what God is expecting", to "dream what God is dreaming", "to do what God is doing". This is the reason why Jesus Christ was 100% successful in His ministry. He said this: John 5:19 Jesus gave them this answer: "Very truly I tell you, the Son can do nothing by himself; He can do only what He sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does". That was Jesus Christ's "secret"! If i could tell you the many, many, many, many... times i had wrong expectations you would call me a fool, and you you'd be just right, because i was a fool! By the grace of God, i'm not that fool anymore, in fact, God has given me wisdom. My "take" is this: "Human wisdom is the capacity of managing one's own intelligence. God's wisdom is the capacity, given by God, of managing God's will for one's life". We are ALL intelligent human beings, but, we're not all wise human beings. So, going back to the title "expecting the unexpected", i believe God will not always reveal things beforehand, that's where faith kicks in, as it happened many times with me, God will tell us "Do this", "Say this", "Go there" but many times He will not tell us why. We must know "who" is speaking to us, "ourselves", "God", "devil", "people", as the Bible says: 1 Corinthians 14:10 There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of them is without signification. When we discern where the voice is coming from, undoubtedly, we won't have a "heartache". To expect the unexpected is to rely on God and sometimes, be surprised by what He will do, which is way more or different than we expected. Aren't you tired of been disappointed by people you trusted? Aren't you tired of heartaches caused by people who said they loved you? There's no friend like Jesus Christ, He will always be reliable, trustworthy, kind, generous, truthful, He will tell you what you need to hear, not what you want to hear. He will heal your wounds and give you new life, an abundant life. If you don't believe me, test it! I think the worst thing for us is to hear our own voice and think that is God's voice. That causes many heartaches and disappointments. So, "expectations based on God's will" are the key to never be disappointed and to receive what we ask for.