February 28 ~ Dr. Tom Milam He Leadeth Me Devotional

 “Expectations”

I John 3:2; Psalm 63:5

The world offers only a temporary fix, pleasure is but for a short time, and then gone. For us, the believer, we live in hope; Our dreams and expectations are in another world, not in this one that we dwell in now. This place is filled with disappointments, false peace and religious frivolities. The only satisfaction we can have in this life is to give ourselves totally to Jesus and God will supply our earthly and spiritual blessings. We will not live in vanity if our expectations are in God.

God has given us a bank account with blank checks, He expects   us to draw from it, it is ours, we can fill out the checks as the needs and desires arise. He has riches we can draw from, namely: faith and His lovingkindness, promises that He will honor as we dip into the account. We will never receive a returned check for insufficient or depleted funds. God will answer what you lay at his throne, it will not be voided nor taken lightly, so we can approach the throne of grace with boldness and an expectation that He will hear and deliver the goods. It is not wrong for us to call on God in this life and expect an answer, but our expectations go far beyond this life,  it is over yonder, the next life that draws us.  We will die soon, and our expectations tell us that God will be there to take us safely home. Whether God Himself reaches down and lifts the spirit out or angels are dispatched to carry the spirit home, we will hear a voice someday that will speak, “come with me,” and we will fly away and then we will be like Him. Presently we remain, so live for Jesus, dare to be like Him and your needs and desires will be met.

“Home”

O come, angel band, 

Come and around me stand.

O Bear me away on your snowy wings, 

To my immortal home.

Lyrics from the Song "O Come Angel Band"

Daily Jewel:

“Dare to be like Him, and your needs and desires will be met.”

Bible Reading Schedule: Numbers 34-36

Weekly Memory Verses: Romans 1:14-17 

Romans 1:14 I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise. 15 So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also. 16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. 17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.

With love and prayers, may we be your faithful Philippians 2:16 Missionaries?

Philippians 2:16 Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.

Tom and Linda Milam, Missionaries to America and Around the World