DISAPPOINTMENT

Down at the SPRING Student Center there is always some “drama” going on about how a boyfriend or a girlfriend disappointed someone. I’m not making light of it, just pointing out that we see a lot of that kind of situation there.

Students are not the only ones disappointed by other people. The amount of devastation that conflict wreaks on our lives is proportional to the amount of confidence, or trust that we have in that individual with whom we experience the problem.

Whenever I come across a situation like that, whether it is best friends, boy/girl friends or whatever, I think of this passage of scripture...

⁸ It is better to trust in the Lord

Than to put confidence in man.

⁹ It is better to trust in the Lord

Than to put confidence in princes.

Psalms 118:8-9 (NKJV)

It amounts to having our priorities straight. Our relationship with God MUST be the most important. God will NEVER let us down. We can always trust Him to do what is best for us, even though we may not always agree at first.

People are going to disappoint us. People are not perfect, whether Christian or not. Only God is perfect.

This fits in quite well with my life verse of Matthew 6:33 where my sign-off comes from…

SEEK FIRST THE KINGDOM OF GOD