What God Is Expecting from Us

God, our Creator and Redeemer, has not left us to guess what He expects from us. Through His Word and by His Spirit, He has revealed His expectations—not as burdens, but as a call into a relationship marked by love, obedience, and transformation.

1. God Expects Us to Love Him Wholeheartedly

• Deuteronomy 6:5 (NIV): “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.”
• 1 John 4:19 (NIV): “We love because He first loved us.”

2. God Expects Us to Love Others

• John 15:12 (ESV): “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.”
• 1 Corinthians 16:14 (ESV): “Let all that you do be done in love.”

3. God Expects Obedience to His Word

• John 14:15 (NIV): “If you love me, keep my commands.”
• James 1:22 (ESV): “Be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.”

4. God Expects Us to Walk in Holiness

• 1 Peter 1:16 (NIV): “Be holy, because I am holy.”
• 2 Corinthians 6:17 (NIV): “Therefore, come out from them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”

5. God Expects Us to Trust Him Fully

• Hebrews 11:6 (NIV): “And without faith it is impossible to please God…”
• Proverbs 3:5 (NIV): “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.”

6. God Expects Fruitfulness in Our Lives

• John 15:16 (NIV): “You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last…”
• Matthew 7:16 (NIV): “By their fruit you will recognize them.”

7. God Expects Us to Live with Eternity in View

• Matthew 6:33 (NKJV): “But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness…”
• Colossians 3:2 (NIV): “Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.”

Final Word: A Relationship, Not Just Rules

God’s expectations are not cold commands but invitations into deeper fellowship. He’s not just looking for service—He’s looking for sons and daughters who reflect His heart.

Micah 6:8 (NKJV): “He has shown you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?”