About disappointments with others and trusting God…
Psalm 131:1 My heart is not proud, O Lord, my eyes are not haughty; I do not
concern myself with great matters or things too wonderful for me. 2 But I have
stilled and quieted my soul; like a weaned child with its mother, like a weaned
child is my soul within me. 3 O Israel, put your hope in the Lord both now and
forevermore. (NIV)
When we have many disappointments, especially at the hands of others, we may
then have trouble trusting others. Sometimes, when we have many disappointments
with others, we may not have much confidence in ourselves before hand, then we
find someone who verifies our lack of confidence in ourselves, and then we tie
ourselves to that kind of person who will then disappointment us. We can get on
a treadmill of lack of confidence in ourselves, that leads to disappointments,
trouble trusting others, that leads to more disappointment, that in turn leads
to more trouble trusting others. This cycle of distrust and disappointment can
go on throughout our lives. We sometimes put God on this same treadmill. We may
not trust God then we end up being disappointed in Him because we did not trust
Him. Lack of trust in any relationship (with others or with God) says the
relationship needs work. However, God can be trusted in healthy ways. God never
violates our trust if we always trust God to do His will and not our will. What
is it we must trust God to do or not do? What we must trust God to do is love
us. In all the tough and sometimes terrible circumstances of our life, the one
thing we need the most is to be loved. We can have our worries, doubts, and
fears, but if we are loved, we can deal with our worries, doubts, and fears. We
all have our limitations, but if we are loved, we can work around our
limitations if we are honest about them. The one thing you can trust God to do
in your life is to love you every minute you are alive. God may not bring you a
perfect job, a perfect person, a perfect fortune, or perfect success every day
you are alive. You may trust God to do all these things for you, but you will be
disappointed because of all the jobs God does for you, loving you
unconditionally is His main job in your life. God sent His only child to earth
to tell you He loved you. God actively demonstrated He loved you by sending
Christ into the world. God knew in advance the sin in your heart would torture
and murder His Son. When you turn away from your sinful distrust of God and
trust Him to always love you, He comes to be with you and He pours His love over
your life.
