“I would have despaired had I not believed that I would see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. Wait for and confidently expect the LORD; be strong and let your heart take courage; yes, wait for and confidently expect the LORD.” (Psalm 27:13-14 AMP)
“Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.” (Proverbs 13:12 NIV)
“I am standing in absolute stillness, silent before the one I love, waiting as long
as it takes for him to rescue me. Only God is my Savior, and he will not fail me. For he alone is my safe place. His wraparound presence always protects me as my champion defender. There’s no risk of failure with God! So why would I let worry paralyze me, even when troubles multiply around me? God’s glory is all around me! His wraparound presence is all I need, for the Lord is my Savior, my hero, and my life-giving strength. Trust only in God every moment! Tell him all your troubles and pour out your heart-longings to him. Believe me when I tell you—he will help you!” (Psalm 62:5-8 TPT)
Today I want to expand on what I began sharing yesterday.
It is so hard to put into words what the Holy Spirit has been revealing to me over the last 7 years. When he began revealing the truths that I am trying to share, I was much like Gideon. I was at a point in life in which I was basically hiding out feeling like I was the lowest of the lowest in the family of God. I had forsaken my “call” and lived in what appeared to be an unbreakable cycle of defeat. As I have shared many times before, I was morbidly obese, deeply depressed, broken, and broke. I was convinced that my best days were behind me and that all I had to hang on to was my hope (more of a wish) of heaven (which I hoped would come very soon). It was at that point that I was given the “Late Life Assignment” to lead in the “Rise of the New Caleb Generation.”
Since that time, hours upon hours have gone into trying to answer the two simple (yet deeper than deep) questions that I began to discuss yesterday. Let’s go deeper.
Question #1: ”What is your life expectancy Eric?”
The overall answer to this first question has become the focal point of my life. Since I wrote it down I have referred back to it day after day after day. I have shared it on many social media platforms, in blogs, in books, and privately in conversations, texts, and private messages. It is my burning desire to live it and help as many others as possible do the same. Here it is again…
Answer # 1: “My life expectancy is to live a strong, long life worth living, without limit or end, with nothing missing or broken; therefore I was designed to live a life filled with purity, passion, power, and purpose; regardless of current age or condition.”
Every time I read those words I am astonished at how good God truly is. He has turned my life around and filled me with so much more than a wish to go to heaven. He has filled me with the “Grace Expectation” of bringing heaven to the earth. I have the Kingdom of Heaven in my heart and in my hands. The reality of who I am and what I possess within is far, far bigger than anything that exists outside of me.
What I see when I look at my bank account seems far less “real” to me than what I know I have in my heavenly account. When I look in the mirror at the “mortal” body that I see with my natural eyes, what I see fades in comparison to the “glorified” body that I see with the eyes of my spirit. My “carnal” mind is continually being renewed as the “Mind of Christ” is progressively shaping the way that I think and speak.
I am no longer living under the bondage of continual consciousness of sin, sickness (physical and mental), lack, aging, and death. I am beginning to live with full consciousness of righteousness, health, provision, renewed youth, and abundant life.
More and more each day my “life expectancy” does not include anything that does not exist in an environment in which sin and Satan have been removed. While I acknowledge the presence of both of these in the earth today, I refuse to give them any place in my life now and forever.
We will pick this up again tomorrow. Until then, let’s give the Holy Spirit time to teach us what he wants us to learn from…
…Eric’s Life Lesson # 420: Grace Expectations – Life Expectancy Kingdom Style: Part 2