Disappointment will occur in all our lives at some point in time. It will leave us with sadness and feelings of rejection that causes us to feel we are not good enough for whatever it is that we are pursuing. It will have us second guessing our ability to do something that we believed that we could handle. This emotion will cause many of us to give up before we get up. Disappointment doesn’t mean denied but there will be delay. Maybe we are not ready for the challenge that lies ahead as we may think that we are. It can be that God is requiring more growth in us and preparing something greater for us. “When someone has been given much, much will be required in return. And when someone has been entrusted with much, even more will be required.” (Luke 12:48). Disappointment can cause discouragement if we are not careful how we perceive situations that arise in our lives. God is not a lair but withholding his promise is beneficial for the one he has made the promise to. Many of us become so eager to see the promise of God come to past in our lives. Yes, we may have received a glimpse into the future, but we do not know what the path entails of getting there. And the middle holds all the greater details. It is the development along the way that makes the difference. God wants you to obtain what he has for you but trusting Him in the process is the greater gift he will give. Because then we will know the Lord. “Trust the Lord with all of your heart, mind, and soul.” Let God finish building you before blessing you so that whatever comes along won’t break you. “And I am certain that God, who began a good work within you, will continue his work until it is finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns.” (Philippians 1:6 NLV).
Joseph had a dream that his family would bow down to him. But before that promise came to pass, he saw the pit and the prison before the palace and the promise. He did not get those details in the glimpse of his future, but it became part of his process. He knew that God had made him a promise and although he had to endure the events. God was with him. His trust in God was great because he didn’t let the in between break him or his faith fade out. He kept on trusting and believing with the right attitude. The favor of God on his life was still flourishing, and he continued to show himself friendly. When his dream came to past, he said to his brothers that threw him into the pit to kill him. “You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.” (Genesis 50:20).
In this world we will have times where things do not go as we expected them to. And there will be trials that seem to be too hard for us, but God is bigger. We can put our trust in him to see the better outcome. God will not always take us out of the storm, but he will show us how to overcome it with him. “I have told you these things that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble but take heart I have overcome the world.” (John 16:33). Disappointment is not a denial it is an appointed time with God to see the desires of the heart. “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” (Romans 8:28).
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