October 22, 2018
WHEN GOD DISAPPOINTS
At one point or the other in our lives God seems to disappoint us; maybe you trusted God was going to heal your loved one but the person died in the sickness, you trusted Him for provision but He didn’t show up.
You acted and confessed His word as regards the situation, prayed, believed, appreciated Him in advance over the situation, you did all you know the bible says you should do, even gave testimony in advance, yet you didn’t get the result you wanted;
Because we are religious people what many of us do is to explain such situation away with statement like:
“all things work together for good”, “God must be up to something”, “God works in mysterious ways”, and many statements in that line
When we handle every situation that way, it simply means we are practising religion with God, not relationship and what this does is these disappointments begin to build a belief system in us which places limit on God.
These experiences form strongholds in us so much at some point in our subconscious, we begin to lose confidence in God’s ability to do certain things or have made available things for us
Although, as religious folks, we still have a mental accent of God’s ability to perform but we don’t believe in our heart that He can do or have done those things for us.
So, when you feel God disappointed you over a situation, rather than just explain it away with religious statements, you should approach Him and tell Him how disappointed you are in Him and allow Him to explain Himself;
He is God the Father, not Godfather
This is what Paul was describing in Phil.4:6: where He says
“Don’t WORRY about anything but PRAY about everything”
The word “worry” connotes confidence in one’s ability alone to handle a matter without help from anyone. Which is a sign of pride
The word “pray” isn’t talking about the religious beliefs on prayer but the word speaks more on relationship... which is:
“communicate with God about everything”, “have a dialogue with God about everything”, “have a heart – to – heart talk with God about everything”, the word in our contemporary world now will be “Have a personal intimate WhatsApp chat with God about everything, using every available emoji to explain yourself”
Which means you don’t just tell Him about a situation, tell Him how you feel about it, tell Him how disappointed you are in Him,
don’t just walk away from the conversation or go offline after you noticed your chats have been double marked and blue colour, but rather give Him room to explain Himself, read His replies also, hear Him out also and allow Him to apologise to you over that matter.
What I’ve realised is when you can approach God this way, the things He will tell you will be so comforting, (remember He is your Comforter and Peace), you will experience Joy again and those things will provide a way of escape from the situation
This kind of approach builds more trust in Him and every relationship thrives on trust.
I hope this blessed you?
femi Wilhelm ministries
At one point or the other in our lives God seems to disappoint us; maybe you trusted God was going to heal your loved one but the person died in the sickness, you trusted Him for provision but He didn’t show up.
You acted and confessed His word as regards the situation, prayed, believed, appreciated Him in advance over the situation, you did all you know the bible says you should do, even gave testimony in advance, yet you didn’t get the result you wanted;
Because we are religious people what many of us do is to explain such situation away with statement like:
“all things work together for good”, “God must be up to something”, “God works in mysterious ways”, and many statements in that line
When we handle every situation that way, it simply means we are practising religion with God, not relationship and what this does is these disappointments begin to build a belief system in us which places limit on God.
These experiences form strongholds in us so much at some point in our subconscious, we begin to lose confidence in God’s ability to do certain things or have made available things for us
Although, as religious folks, we still have a mental accent of God’s ability to perform but we don’t believe in our heart that He can do or have done those things for us.
So, when you feel God disappointed you over a situation, rather than just explain it away with religious statements, you should approach Him and tell Him how disappointed you are in Him and allow Him to explain Himself;
He is God the Father, not Godfather
This is what Paul was describing in Phil.4:6: where He says
“Don’t WORRY about anything but PRAY about everything”
The word “worry” connotes confidence in one’s ability alone to handle a matter without help from anyone. Which is a sign of pride
The word “pray” isn’t talking about the religious beliefs on prayer but the word speaks more on relationship... which is:
“communicate with God about everything”, “have a dialogue with God about everything”, “have a heart – to – heart talk with God about everything”, the word in our contemporary world now will be “Have a personal intimate WhatsApp chat with God about everything, using every available emoji to explain yourself”
Which means you don’t just tell Him about a situation, tell Him how you feel about it, tell Him how disappointed you are in Him,
don’t just walk away from the conversation or go offline after you noticed your chats have been double marked and blue colour, but rather give Him room to explain Himself, read His replies also, hear Him out also and allow Him to apologise to you over that matter.
What I’ve realised is when you can approach God this way, the things He will tell you will be so comforting, (remember He is your Comforter and Peace), you will experience Joy again and those things will provide a way of escape from the situation
This kind of approach builds more trust in Him and every relationship thrives on trust.
I hope this blessed you?
femi Wilhelm ministries
