His favor is life!
Psalm 30:5, “For his anger is but for a moment, and his favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning.” (ESV)
Did you know you are made in emotions? I know, we beat this emotions bush into the ground, right. That is because so many people just let their emotions run wild. Disappointment is an emotion. It is a letdown at times and a misguided expectation at other times. Have you ever just let a disappointment run wild? As you know it can and will, consume you. If you stay in disappointment, you lose joy and you will allow doubt to creep in. It is a horrible domino effect, to say the least. Discouragement comes, then doubt, then anxiety, then inevitably depression. You end up in a cloud of darkness you do not know how to get out of and wonder how you even got there. So, how do you move past the disappointments?
Psalm 34:18-19, “The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit. Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all.” (ESV)
You cannot sweep disappointment under the rug. If you do, it only sits there and festers. Believe it or not, time does not heal the broken hearted. Nope, that is just another hopeless lie of the enemy. I know, people have been saying it for years. But think about it, where does God tell us that time heals? Correct, He does not say time heals. HE heals the broken hearted! You need to recognize the disappointments and face them head on! They come to challenge your testimony, your calling, even your joy. It does and it will impact all areas of your life, by staying in disappointment.
There is a time to deal with it, and deal with it before the morning comes. Right here, where you are most vulnerable, is where the devil tries to put discouragement. This is why the worldly saying “time heals” just goes to show the enemy’s deception and trickery. His trickery can be effective when we take our eyes off of God and only rely on our emotions to lead us. The devils’ whole goal is to sabotage you’re calling and the visions that God has given you. How do you overcome it? By your response! How many of us really need to hone that ability?. . You are not alone, I am guilty myself. But, did you know you do not have to receive the disappointment? It’s hard to believe, but your response is how you reject and overcome the disappointment. So many struggle with disappointment because we are trying to fight disappointment on our own, and we cannot. You, cannot. When the disappointments come, you have to lean in and trust God.
Psalm 125:1, “Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abides forever.” (ESV)
Despite what is looks like, trust in God. Judge God faithful, before the disappointment comes. You really can trust and know that God will restore it. One of the things I love most, is our God will restore it better than what it was. THAT! That, my friend, is who your God is! You do not have to be absent of the disappointment, but you can trust that God is carrying it. When things come and go, smile, God is bringing better than that!
1 Peter 5:7, “casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.” (ESV)
Psalm 55:22, “Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved.” (ESV)
You have to cast your cares on God, and you have to leave them there. Do not go and pick them back up! You were not made to carry that! Refuse to live in the disappointments of today. You do not want to miss the opportunities ahead of you. If you do not let go of the things that hurt you, you will miss the opportunities.
Colossians 3:13, “bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.” (ESV)
You must forgive others, to overcome. I know it is hard, but there is freedom in it. You can sabotage your relationships by anticipating the let downs. Believe it or not, not everyone is out to harm you. And when God sends those good-hearted people your way, you can pull them close or run them off. A lot of hindrance comes from not forgiving yourself as well. Child of God, you are worth more! Forgive yourself so you can move forward! It is not your burden, for Christ bore it for you.
Forgiveness is not an act, but a continual state. Restoration only begins when forgiveness is given. Let’s repeat that, restoration only begins when forgiveness is given. You cannot help others and you can’t help yourself, if you cannot see the potential. And you will not see potential without forgiveness.
Matthew 10:14, “…. shake off the dust from your feet when you leave that house or town.” (ESV)
As it says, shake the dust off! Seriously, shake like a dog after a bath, and repeat! Disappointment will only hinder you if you allow it. But overcomers do not remain down, we get back up! Disappointment does not define you, Christ does! You need to focus on being more loyal to your future than your past. You are an overcomer!
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