Be Grounded

Be Grounded. Be Expectant. Stop Overthinking the Past.

Don’t overthink your past. Don’t rehearse the questions—“Why did that happen? Why did my dad…?” At some point, it becomes too late to figure out the “why.” But it’s never too late to ask a better question: What can I learn from that moment, and how can I raise my expectations for today?

Many of us move in directions simply because someone else said something. But pause and ask: Am I being led, or am I just following noise? Am I grounded? We all have reasons—or excuses—why we’re not rooted. I often remind our team: Church is not what you give up when you get busy. Your grounding, your spiritual security, is not the thing you sacrifice. If life has you too busy for the family of God, then life itself needs rearranging.

This isn’t about forcing a schedule; it’s about keeping your priorities straight. Grounding must be cultivated, protected, and strengthened. To be grounded means to lay a firm foundation—to be stable. To be settled means to be firm, immovable, and steadfast. Every believer, every leader, every family needs that kind of stability.

Your Past Is a Teacher, Not a Prison

Your past is not a tomb—it’s a classroom. Stop seeing it as a negative and start seeing it as a tool.

Learn from your victories. Learn from your failures. Don’t dwell—just learn.

And don’t get sideswiped by information. No report should make you collapse—it should make you battle. No news should paralyze you with fear—it should awaken the fear of God in you. Not terror, but reverence. Alignment. Holiness. The kind of fear that anchors your steps and strengthens your spirit.

Expect Good. Expect God. Expect Growth.

Never be afraid to expect a good marriage. Never be afraid to expect a healthy home. Never be afraid to expect your children to love Jesus.

Expectation is not arrogance—it’s agreement with God.

When you live in the fear of God—not scared of Him, but aligned with Him—your expectations stop feeding fear and start fueling faith.

Living With Earnest Expectation

Have you ever felt God so strongly—“Lord, something is about to break open!”—only to watch nothing unfold… yet? So you wait for next week, then the next month… still holding that burning expectation inside.

I’ve been there. Truly, I find myself there often.

Sometimes I wrestle with my own anxiety—not because God is absent, but because the expectation is so deep. When you don’t yet see what God has promised, the waiting itself becomes a weight. Be careful—that holy expectation can easily turn into anxiousness or even discouragement if you’re not guarding your heart.

Expectation was never meant to depress you. It was designed to move you—to be a war, a spiritual push toward what God has spoken.

Build the Foundation So You Can Carry the Presence

It’s okay to be in process. It’s okay to still be learning. But start building a foundation strong enough to carry the presence of God—not just receive it.

Don’t be a taker all your life. Learn to be grounded. Learn to live—even in the valley. Learn to set a table in the valley with the blessing of God. Learn to fight together, expect together, experience God together, and enjoy life together.

This is where strength is built. This is where family forms. This is where spiritual maturity grows.

And this—this is how you stay grounded while walking forward with holy expectation.