I grew up believing in having faith and trusting God. I have heard hundreds of sermons about how if we just have faith the size of a mustard seed that we can move mountains. I can’t say that I’ve seen that happen personally.
I want to have faith and believe the impossible but am I also setting myself up for disappointment when my faith doesn’t match the reality of the result? What do I do when I believe but then the result isn’t what I was believing for?
I remember the “name it and claim it” people. If you have enough faith, God will give you what you ask for. The only reason that you don’t get it is because of a lack of faith.
B.S.
That’s not how it works. Faith and believing doesn’t always give you the results you are asking for. Sometimes you don’t get what you want. Even worse, sometimes you get the opposite of what you were believing that you were going to get. What then?
This morning I prayed and believed in the result. It didn’t happen. I sit here disappointed. I am disappointed in myself and in my faith. I’m not mad at God as most would be. I just don’t understand what He’s doing or why. Unfortunately God is under no obligation to tell us. We just go through this blindly.
When faith does not lead to the outcome we hoped for, it creates a deep spiritual and emotional shock. Some people think that faith guarantees an answer if you believe hard enough while others argue that true faith is about trusting a higher purpose rather than treating God like He’s a vending machine.
I think the important lesson to learn here is to have faith in God and not in the results.
God knows what He’s doing even if we don’t. I may be sitting here pouting because God didn’t match up the results to my faith but what can I possibly do about it now? Regardless of how mad I could get, it won’t change the result. So where does that faith leave me now and in the future?
I honestly don’t know. I need some time to myself and some soul searching. I have to get to the place where I can be okay with the times where my faith doesn’t meet the results I had expected. When our expectations are not met, it can mess with our emotions but we have to regroup and allow ourselves time to process it.
I’m not happy right now but I will be okay. I have been through this before. It’s not the first time and it won’t be my last. I feel like when Jesus asked the disciples if they wanted to leave after hearing some difficult teaching. Peter answered with “Lord, to whom should we go? You have the words to eternal life.”
That sums it up. We either keep trusting in God or we don’t.
I want to have faith and believe the impossible but am I also setting myself up for disappointment when my faith doesn’t match the reality of the result? What do I do when I believe but then the result isn’t what I was believing for?
I remember the “name it and claim it” people. If you have enough faith, God will give you what you ask for. The only reason that you don’t get it is because of a lack of faith.
B.S.
That’s not how it works. Faith and believing doesn’t always give you the results you are asking for. Sometimes you don’t get what you want. Even worse, sometimes you get the opposite of what you were believing that you were going to get. What then?
This morning I prayed and believed in the result. It didn’t happen. I sit here disappointed. I am disappointed in myself and in my faith. I’m not mad at God as most would be. I just don’t understand what He’s doing or why. Unfortunately God is under no obligation to tell us. We just go through this blindly.
When faith does not lead to the outcome we hoped for, it creates a deep spiritual and emotional shock. Some people think that faith guarantees an answer if you believe hard enough while others argue that true faith is about trusting a higher purpose rather than treating God like He’s a vending machine.
I think the important lesson to learn here is to have faith in God and not in the results.
God knows what He’s doing even if we don’t. I may be sitting here pouting because God didn’t match up the results to my faith but what can I possibly do about it now? Regardless of how mad I could get, it won’t change the result. So where does that faith leave me now and in the future?
I honestly don’t know. I need some time to myself and some soul searching. I have to get to the place where I can be okay with the times where my faith doesn’t meet the results I had expected. When our expectations are not met, it can mess with our emotions but we have to regroup and allow ourselves time to process it.
I’m not happy right now but I will be okay. I have been through this before. It’s not the first time and it won’t be my last. I feel like when Jesus asked the disciples if they wanted to leave after hearing some difficult teaching. Peter answered with “Lord, to whom should we go? You have the words to eternal life.”
That sums it up. We either keep trusting in God or we don’t.
