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Living in Expectation
(Revisited)
I had purposed in my heart some time ago
That faith was the substance and expectation is what I know
No more simply believing my prayer would be heard
But expecting my request are already answered by His word
I would walk in expectation, prepare for what’s to come
Giving thanks in advance to the Father through the Son
This purpose now revisited, a year as past since
Living in expectation now seem so past tense
Instead of the good I prepared to receive
The disappointment and the sorrow I could not believe
Death in the family, even my eldest son
Financial plans destroyed, every single one
The peace I prepared for once again escaped my grasp
And the faith that I mustarded reduced to a heap on trash
Oh that I had stayed in Egypt dare not cross my lips
As the children of Israel said many times along their trip
But then why should I pray when God doesn’t seem to care
Why approach the throne in prayer if He isn’t even there
My enemy appears at my time of disarray
To offer counsel for a better way
Did God not say that all who ask in faith shall receive?
Your faith begat your expectation and what did that achieve
He could not save His only Son from death upon a cross
So how can He save a simple sinner blind, alone and lost
Now I sit at a crossroad where faith and fact collide
The call of Moses echoes “Who is on the Lords side”
The faith of Abraham beckons me to see the journey through
Stay the course of expectation; Gods promises are true
I’ve come too far to turn back now, yes too far indeed
His love hasn’t failed me yet, He has supplied my needs
As I look to the widow; her meal and oil ever replenished
God, the same forever more, His power not diminished
Living in expectation is not a short term success
Just like life itself it presents a lot of test
As for me, though weak and weary, I expect just the same
I receive my breakthrough here and now In Jesus name
J. Moore
03/23/2015
(Revisited)
I had purposed in my heart some time ago
That faith was the substance and expectation is what I know
No more simply believing my prayer would be heard
But expecting my request are already answered by His word
I would walk in expectation, prepare for what’s to come
Giving thanks in advance to the Father through the Son
This purpose now revisited, a year as past since
Living in expectation now seem so past tense
Instead of the good I prepared to receive
The disappointment and the sorrow I could not believe
Death in the family, even my eldest son
Financial plans destroyed, every single one
The peace I prepared for once again escaped my grasp
And the faith that I mustarded reduced to a heap on trash
Oh that I had stayed in Egypt dare not cross my lips
As the children of Israel said many times along their trip
But then why should I pray when God doesn’t seem to care
Why approach the throne in prayer if He isn’t even there
My enemy appears at my time of disarray
To offer counsel for a better way
Did God not say that all who ask in faith shall receive?
Your faith begat your expectation and what did that achieve
He could not save His only Son from death upon a cross
So how can He save a simple sinner blind, alone and lost
Now I sit at a crossroad where faith and fact collide
The call of Moses echoes “Who is on the Lords side”
The faith of Abraham beckons me to see the journey through
Stay the course of expectation; Gods promises are true
I’ve come too far to turn back now, yes too far indeed
His love hasn’t failed me yet, He has supplied my needs
As I look to the widow; her meal and oil ever replenished
God, the same forever more, His power not diminished
Living in expectation is not a short term success
Just like life itself it presents a lot of test
As for me, though weak and weary, I expect just the same
I receive my breakthrough here and now In Jesus name
J. Moore
03/23/2015
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Living in Expectation(Revisited)
Living in Expectation(Revisited)