I Understand Your Disappointment…

Do you know what tool the enemy mainly uses against you?

Disappointment. 😔

He uses it to get to our emotions, which then try to convince us that what we’re experiencing is proof that God isn’t there for us.

That we’re simply “too small,” “too insignificant,” “too unimportant,” or “too flawed.”

As always, I’m going to be honest…

I’m writing this after a few days of pure frustration. There’s been nothing but bad news. On top of that, friends have let me down and disappointed me, and an unexpectedly high bill landed on my lap and completely knocked me off my feet. 

All of this happened in addition to the amount of work I already have to deal with, at a time when I would have wanted to go see my family over the weekend… 😓 You understand, right?

And I asked God, “Father, surely it can’t look like THIS when I’m serving You? Do You even want me to keep going?”

God answered me right away, in His characteristic charming way. 

He replied with a short and simple, “Yes, Déborah.”

In the very next moment, I started receiving so many messages from people whose lives had been changed through this very work.

God said YES, but He didn’t give me an immediate solution to my problems. You know that feeling, right?

But that’s exactly when I came across this thought: The enemy wants to make us feel like we’ve already lost. Because if he can get us to give up, he has taken out someone through whom Christ could have worked.

Oh, that hit me right in the heart!

I don’t want to let him take me out through these disappointments.

Don’t forget: Your feelings are fickle, but God’s plan is reliable. ❤️

So, if you’re discouraged, encourage yourself in God—just as David did!

He didn’t wait for God to lift him back up, he “found strength in the Lord his God.” (1 Samuel 30:6)  

In short, David encouraged himself in God. 

Don’t forget: As long as you don’t give up, the enemy hasn’t won.

You are a miracle!