23 January 2012
I have just finished reading Great Expectations and my guilty pleasure has been following the series a little bit each lunchtime as I read through the book.
I wonder if we are not also asked to live with Great Expectations. Throughout the bible God promises to be with us, that he has a purpose for us,that we will be with him in eternity, that we need never be afraid, yet unlike Pip, very few of us live as if we expected it. We worry and stress over all the little things in spite of this promise laid before us. If I had been Pip I would probably have stayed at the forge ,just in case, just to be on the safe side.
In the story Pip is let down in some ways, some of his expectations come to nothing because they rely on man, yet I only have to turn to the bible to realise how much God exceeds our expectations every time. It is enough to make you want to trust....
Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” Matthew 19 :26
Comments