Devotional

Expired Expecter – Dr. Tim Hill

Dr. Tim Hill -Singer - Songwriter - Author - Director of Church of God World Missions
Dr. Tim Hill -Singer – Songwriter – Author – Director of Church of God World Missions

An epidemic of global proportions exists today. It transcends boundaries, cultures, and languages. It’s an epidemic of pessimism and dead expectations. Far too many people are suffering from an expired “expecter.” As a result, many have more faith in failure than they have hope in victorious living.

A God of miracles seems foreign to many sitting on church pews today. Attending some churches in today’s negative atmosphere is to be subjected to an hour of listless worship spawned by lifeless choral dirges and unconvincing sermons. Where is the expectation that David seemed to have when he said, “I was glad when they said unto me, ‘Let us go into the house of the Lord’” (Psalm 122:1)?

Where is the anticipation that seems to come through in his words of Psalm 100:4 when he sang: “Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise. Be thankful to Him, and bless His name”?

I wonder … could a good trip to church evoke such anticipation now? Our level of expectation has everything to do with what we receive or do not receive from God.

When Peter and John went to the Temple to pray, they came upon a crippled man whom they possibly had seen before. He had been in this condition from birth, and his daily routine involved having his family or friends carry him to a place call the Beautiful Gate, just outside the Temple proper. There, this pitiful man would beg for money and food. I wonder how many had passed by him on a daily basis and could never help him?

No one expected that a difference could ever be made in his condition. Similarly, the cripple never expected that anyone could help him obtain a better life.

Dr Timothy Hill

Dr. Timothy Hill currently serves as General Overseer of the Church of God. He has also served as the general director of World Missions; First Assistant General Overseer; Second Assistant General Overseer; Secretary General of the Executive Committee at the International Offices of the Church of God; Chairman of the Executive Council of the Church of God; and as Administrative Bishop for the Church of God in Southern Ohio and Oklahoma. Hill graduated from Lee University, Cleveland, Tennessee, in 1987, and received a Doctorate of Divinity from the Church of God Theological Seminary, Cleveland, Tennessee, in 2006. Hill has released a book entitled, “Beyond the Mist,” which has also been translated into Spanish. He has authored five books of sermons and written 150 gospel songs over the past 32 years. Many of his songs have been recorded by the nation’s top artists in gospel music. Hill is the author of the number one song, “He’s Still in the Fire,” which was voted as Song of the Year by Gospel Voice Magazine.
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