RE:FRAME · RE:ALIGN · RE:COMMIT · RE:CONNECT
A Four-Week Devotional Journey through John 21
Have you ever had your expectations crushed—or watched a dream die?
You thought you knew how things were going to go.
You were confident in the plan.
And then… it didn’t happen. Not even close.
Most of us have felt that kind of letdown—in our jobs, at school, in our families, and often in our closest relationships. Expectations are powerful. When they’re fulfilled, they undergird us. When they go unmet, they shape us—sometimes more than we realize.
If you trace the path of your life honestly, you could probably identify key moments when disappointment changed your direction. Choices made not out of confidence, but out of loss. Out of confusion. Out of trying to make sense of what didn’t work out.
The Bible is filled with stories like that.
Again and again, people misunderstood or misapplied what God had said—and when reality didn’t match expectation, they struggled to recognize what God was actually doing. Perhaps the greatest example is how centuries of unmet messianic expectations caused the Jews to miss the Messiah standing right in front of them.
Even the “giants of the faith” wrestled with this tension. The writer of Hebrews reminds us:
“These were all commended for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised, since God had planned something better…”
— Hebrews 11:39–40
Faith, it turns out, is often formed in the gap between what God has said and what we can see.
This January, I’m inviting you into a four-week devotional journey through John chapter 21, a passage written for people whose expectations have been shaken.
Together we’ll explore how Jesus meets His disciples after disappointment—and how He patiently leads them through four movements:
RE:FRAME how they see their story
RE:ALIGN their hearts through presence and grace
RE:COMMIT them through truth and restoration
RE:CONNECT them again to calling and Himself
If you’re carrying unmet expectations into the New Year—or simply longing for clarity, healing, and renewal—this journey is for you.
Subscribe and join me as we begin this new journey—learning to see, trust, and follow Jesus in the space between promise and fulfillment.