Hearts That Anticipate
As the people of God assemble today, may they turn their hearts, thoughts and considerations to who God is and to HIS capacity and begin to anticipate what only God can do in this morning’s meeting, in our personal lives and in our nation. May our hearts anticipate what we have never seen so that we call upon Him expectantly.
“But as for me, I will watch expectantly for the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation, my God will hear me.” (Mic.7:7)
Marty is speaking at Grace International Church today at 10:00am.
Melissa Gabler will be leading worship.
LiveStream broadcast of Grace International Church
Starts at 10:00 each Sunday morning.
http://graceinternational.sermon.net/main
20–The Numer Of Expectancy
Recently, we received a text asking the biblical significance of the number 20. I’d remembered that E.W.Bullinger, in his book, Number in Scripture, said that twenty was the number of expectancy. I was on the phone with Melissa at the time I was searching out Bullinger’s book. I read aloud to her his comments on the number 20, mentioning Samson and Jacob as I did above. She said, “That’s interesting. It was 20 years ago I received that prophecy through Kim Clement about being promoted three times to a place of purpose.” That jolted me, because just three days earlier, I too had remembered that prophecy and had asked the Lord where Melissa was in the process of that prophetic promise. I had no idea it had been 20 years, suddenly expectation stirred in me. God had answered my question. The reason we had not yet seen her prophecy come to pass was because it involved a twenty year process to get to an expected end.
(This is the third excerpt from Kathy’s article “Expectancy.” SEEC Magazine Volume 17 Issue 5)
In this 2 min. audio encouragement Kathy
declares: “Your Redeemer lives and He is
able to buy back time that the locusts have eaten.”
CLICK ON THIS LINK to listen: http://martygabler.podomatic.com/entry/2013-10-14T04_56_06-07_00
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Genuine Anticipation
When speaking of expectancy, I’m not talking about false fantasies constructed in moments of distraction, but genuine anticipation that comes from hours, weeks and years of effort and pressing on. After enduring twenty years of Philistine oppression, Israel hit the threshold of expectancy and tasted the beginning of deliverance through Samson. After twenty years of enduring his father-in-law’s manipulations, Jacob finally breathed in the fragrance of expectancy and took possession of his wives, his property and his future. Twenty is the biblical number of expectancy, the kind of expectancy that comes after a long wait, a finally, an expected end. Biblical expectancy is the point when preparation brings results, the point when process yields fruit, the point when equipping fits its purpose. Expectancy isn’t a luxury, it is a necessity because it is both fuel for the journey and the light at the end of the tunnel.
(This is the second excerpt from Kathy’s article “Expectancy.” SEEC Magazine Volume 17 Issue 5)
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Time Between Expectation And Manifestation
Time Between Expectation And Manifestation (by Kathy Gabler)
One thing that keeps us walking steadily forward in working out our salvation and our purpose is expectation. The length of time between expectation and manifestation is rarely 
predictable and usually only clear to God and hindsight. In that gap between “the now” and “the future,” that gap between “anticipate” and “achieve,” that gap between “reach” and “hold,” our greatest challenge is to keep processing and not give up. Perhaps we will be more apt not to quit if we understand three things about expectation: 1) Expectation is a force to be reckoned with because it can build a runway for the future. Expectation can be a literal form of agreement that opens a portal into our lives. 2) One snare to beware of is that expectations can lock you down. People tend to watch for and only hear what they expect and so they are blinded to the hand of God moving in any other way. Our single focus on specific expectations can make us miss the real answer to our prayers. 3) Another snare is that expectations are not always positive. People expect condemnation when they feel guilty. People expect failure because of experience. People expect rejection because of wounds. Training and aligning our expectations is one way to prepare to see and receive God-results through process this year.
(This excerpt is a continuation of Kathy’s article “2013 Downloads”)
Click on the link below to hear inspirational Easter Scriptures read by Marty Gabler
Jesus Is Alive!
http://martygabler.podomatic.com/entry/2013-03-28T11_30_05-07_00
