Get into the Gospels and you’ll meet people disappointed with Jesus. Religious leaders were disappointed to the point of hatred because Jesus challenged their self-righteousness. People who didn’t get a quick fix to their problems, a healing, were probably disappointed too.
Have you ever been disappointed by someone, by a spouse, a child, a parent? Disappointed by a doctor, a hospital? By a pastor, a church member, a denomination, a seminary? Of course, we all have. They’re guaranteed to disappoint because they’re fallible sinners full of foibles and faults. We all are. So we shouldn’t be surprised at all when people disappoint us, shouldn’t let it fester into anger and bitterness.
Ever been disappointed with Jesus? Didn’t get the answer to prayer you wanted? Felt abandoned? He pulls alongside us and says, “O foolish and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken” (Luke 24:25). He came to preach an eternal kingdom, help and hope for time and, a longer perspective, for eternity (Mark 1:14, 15, 38). Give Jesus time and He’ll show you that He did not fail you nor forsake you (Deuteronomy 31:6).
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