“DISAPPOINTMENTS"

 Rev. Paulette Polo

"Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life." Proverbs 13:12

 

Life is filled with disappointments; friends, family, job, relationships, goals, …. However you are in good company! Many of God's greatest servants experienced deep disappointments. Joseph, after spending years as a slave and in jail for crimes that he did not commit, revealed deep disappointment when he was forgotten another two years in prison. Elijah, lost all hope and asked God to take his life in the desert; and Peter, who left his fishing business and invested three years of his life only to watch his Savior crucified, probably wondered whether the purpose of those three years could be justified.

 

Sometimes life just doesn’t add up the way we think it should and when that happens, it leaves the heart-sick. When we have done all we know to do and the formula has not worked, it leaves us questioning.

 

§         We are left with a choice: to cling or not to cling. There are times when holding on to our Master's robe is all that we can do and it is all that He wants us to do!

 

There is only one answer to life's disappointments. Psalm 62:5-6 David says: "Find rest, O my soul, in God alone; my hope comes from Him. He alone is my rock & my salvation; He is my fortress, I will not be shaken"

 

The Message Translation which I so love says:  God, the one and only—I’ll wait as long as He says.  Everything I HOPE for comes from Him, so why not? He’s solid rock under my feet, breathing room for my soul, an impregnable castle: I’M SET FOR LIFE.” Grab Hold and Don’t let go – you will not be Disappointed.

 

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