Imagine walking into a banquet hall, beautifully set up with the lights dimmed just right, long tables lined with the finest dishes, silverware gleaming, and the scent of fresh, hot food filling the air. You’re invited to sit and eat, and you do. But you only take one spoonful of rice. That’s it—one bite.

Meanwhile, others are piling their plates with variety, going back for seconds, and some even taking extra home. You had the same access. You were given the same invitation. The only difference was how much you expected to receive.

That’s how many people treat spiritual meetings and encounters with God. We come into special meetings but leave with very little, not because that’s all God had, but because that’s all we were expecting.

We’ve been talking about staying sensitive, conscious, and aligned with God’s move. But today, we move one step further; it’s time to talk about building expectations.

Because if you’re not expecting anything, you likely won’t receive anything.
But if you come hungry, God will fill you.

Expectation is the posture of faith. It’s how you make room for the supernatural.
And in this Shekinah season, your expectation will determine your experience.

Let’s look closely at the story of King Joash

2 Kings 13:15-19
New King James Version
15 And Elisha said to him, “Take a bow and some arrows.” So he took himself a bow and some arrows.

16 Then he said to the king of Israel, “Put your hand on the bow.” So he put his hand on it, and Elisha put his hands on the king’s hands.

17 And he said, “Open the east window”; and he opened it. Then Elisha said, “Shoot”; and he shot. And he said, “The arrow of the Lord’s deliverance… for you must strike the Syrians at Aphek till you have destroyed them.”

18 Then he said, “Take the arrows”; so he took them. And he said to the king of Israel, “Strike the ground”; so he struck three times, and stopped.

19 And the man of God was angry with him, and said, “You should have struck five or six times; then you would have struck Syria till you had destroyed it! But now you will strike Syria only three times.”

Elisha gave King Joash prophetic instruction to symbolize victory.
The first part was clear: shoot the arrow.
But then Elisha told him to strike the ground, and Joash only did it three times.

There was no instruction to stop.
There was no limitation placed on him.
He chose to stop. He held back.

And Elisha became angry, not because Joash disobeyed, but because he limited what God could do through his low expectation.

The number of strikes was a test of hunger. A test of faith. A test of how much Joash believed God wanted to do through him.

Don’t stop at three. Don’t hold back. Don’t cap your expectations.

God is not limited in power, but He often moves in alignment with our faith.

Ephesians 3:20 
New King James Version
20 Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us.

In this season, you must not only carry desire in your heart, you must write it down.

Document your expectations.
Pray over them daily.
Say them out loud.
Refuse to shrink them to what seems “reasonable.”

If you believe God can restore, write that.
If you want clarity for your next step, write that.
If you need healing, refreshing, impartation, direction, fire, write it all down.

Don’t strike the ground three times when God is ready to give you full-scale answers.

Psalm 81:10 
New King James Version
10 I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt; Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.

You can only be filled to the degree that you open.
And your expectation is what opens you up.
If you walk into Shekinah Lagos with a teaspoon, you’ll receive a teaspoon.
But if you come with a wide mouth, a hungry heart, and a journal full of written expectations?? You will not be disappointed!

Expectations are prophetic.

When the woman with the issue of blood said within herself, “If I just touch His garment…”, that was expectation.
When blind Bartimaeus shouted despite opposition, that was expectation.
When the centurion said, “Just speak the word…”, that was expectation.

And God always responded to it.

So, what are you believing for?

What are you expecting at Shekinah Lagos?
How are you preparing your heart for what God is ready to do?

Don’t wait to “see what happens.” Stir up the atmosphere now.
Write it. Pray over it. Speak it. Believe it. And then, receive it.

Prayer Point
Lord, I refuse to hold back. I stretch my faith and open my heart wide in expectation. I believe You to do more than I can ask or imagine. I write down my expectations in faith, I pray over them daily, and I come ready to receive.