The Lords Blessings

The problem that we, as Christians, have is that we expect the Lord to give us all the great things that we can think of and then we are disappointed when things don't go as planned. The Lord promises His blessings...not ours!

Our expectations of the Lord are not grounded in the Word.

We have a scale from -10 to 10... -10 being the worst day possible and 10 being the best day possible. We expect our day to be at 0 or better known as a "normal" day. If anything bad happens we dub the day a bad one ie. can't find a parking space for 5 minutes. Unless something out of the ordinary that is good happens we think of the day as a normal day. Why do we think that we deserve a "normal" day? The truth is we don't!

If we placed our expectations below the line (-1 or -2) then when we have a routine day at the office we would see it as a blessing! How much more would we enjoy life if a routine day was viewed as a great day?

When did we decide that we deserve for everything to go perfectly everyday? When did we decide that we know what a perfect day is? When did we decide that we know what is best for our lives long-term?

Who gave us the right to tell the Lord what His blessing should be?