"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.
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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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