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JioSaavn Friday Finale - Defying Disappointment – Episode 14
Key Takeaways
- Defying disappointment begins with recognizing that experiencing setbacks does not mean you lack faith or failed to trust God.
- Disappointment often occurs when we intermingle our own self-generated beliefs and timelines with the divine faith given by God.
- As natural planners, humans struggle when expected schedules fail, much like pulling a single can from the bottom of a carefully stacked display.
- Trusting God requires separating what the Holy Spirit has given us faith for from the humanly concocted details of how and when it should happen.
- The concept of kairos represents the exact, perfect moment for an event to occur to produce optimum results, which only God truly knows.
Originally written November 11, 2011
posted here: https://forthesakeofthetruth.com/2011/11/11/defying-disappointment/
Defying Disappointment
Disappointment is something that, as people, we deal with continually. It doesn’t matter how much you trust God and believe in Him or how much faith you have, we all from time to time experience disappointment.
Sometimes, for whatever reason, the ‘thing’ we have been believing for doesn’t happen, or doesn’t happen in the way or at the time we were believing it for.
That doesn’t mean you didn’t trust God enough. That doesn’t mean that you didn’t have faith. But sometimes our faith is in our faith and not in the giver of faith.
Huh? If you have been someone who has actively practiced faith for a long time, I think you may understand that statement. We understand how to live by faith and trust in God with hopeful expectation towards certain things. We have seen our faith be fruitful time and time again, which in turn builds our faith further.
But I am convinced that sometimes we become so confident of our faith that we leave the God of our faith out of the equation.
I am writing this after a difficult week. I have witnessed circumstances where a dear loved one of mine believed something would happen a certain way at a certain time. I was right there, praying and believing with them. I was confident that it would happen.
But it didn’t.
It will happen. We know that. We have been told that it is now a done deal, just not yet.
Disappointment was palpable yesterday. There were many angry people. Many frustrated people. Many hurt people. It affected many more people than just those I know and love.
So, if we are being led by the Holy Spirit and following Him, then why would there be disappointment? How could this major derailment happen?
We know that without faith it is impossible to please God, so we believe. But sometimes we encounter disappointment that just seems to strip us of any remnant of faith that we thought we had.
But I believe that sometimes we intermingle our own ‘belief’ with the ‘faith’ that God has given us, and that leads us to disappointment.
For example. We may believe that a certain thing will happen. We feel, from divine inspiration, that God is bringing this to pass for us. But in our minds, we reason how and when, and then we create a belief in ourselves about that very thing.
So we have an inbred situation. The situation I just experienced was exactly like that. The main request will happen. All those involved felt the peace of God leading that this was to happen. But it did not happen when, where, and how everyone thought it would. There was tremendous disappointment.
So what I have been learning in my life is to discern what God is giving me divine inspired faith for and what are beliefs I am attaching onto that faith. I want to learn to remove those self-generated beliefs and just trust in and rely on God to produce the when and where.
That is so hard for us as people. We are planners. We have to know or suspect when things will happen so we can recalibrate all the other aspects of our lives around them. When we put something in a slot and it doesn’t happen, then it is like pulling a can from the bottom of a display—all the other cans just topple. And we have spent weeks stacking those cans just so!
So how do we do this, keep from tainting what God is giving us faith for with our own concocted beliefs?
I think that is a significant challenge and one that we all must work on individually. But for me, I think I will approach it like this: I will first determine what I sense the Holy Spirit is truly giving me faith for. A situation, a dream, a goal, and then submit myself to allow Him to unfold it in my life in the way and the time that He determines.
I believe to avoid disappointment that we must be open to things not happening when we think they will. I always think I do this, but as I look back, even though I mentally do this and vocally do this, I still move forward as if it will happen the way I think it will. I’ve been working on this for a while, seeking the Holy Spirit each day to unfold for me each day and trust Him in that day.
So if a situation requires committing to a specific time because of the world we live in. I will abide by that, but not put my faith in that. I know that if God has spoken to me and given me faith for something, then it will happen. But I will determine within myself that even though it is scheduled or planned for a certain way, that God may have a different schedule or plan which ultimately serves His purpose and us better.
We’ve often heard the saying, ‘Timing is everything’. And it is. Kairos is the word for time which means the exact perfect moment that an event can occur which will produce the optimum results. I’ve always loved that word since the first time I came to hear it and know what it was.
Think of it like swinging a bat at a baseball. If you swing a fraction of a second too late or too early, you won’t get the optimum results as if you swing and hit that ball at the exact perfect time to produce the optimum results.
So here again we must trust that God, only God, knows the kairos moment for every event. We can perceive in our own minds what is best for us, but only God knows the kairos moment.
Should he choose to share with us what that kairos moment is, then and only then will we know. But I believe that mostly He wants us to trust Him in this area as well. To choose the perfect moment for an event to unfold.
So let’s not be disappointed because a situation or circumstance did not unfold exactly the way we felt it should. It doesn’t mean that it won’t happen, or that we didn’t have faith.
What it means is that if God has given us something to have faith for and the faith for it to come to pass, we must also trust Him that it will also happen at the exact perfect kairos time.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What does it mean when we experience disappointment despite having faith?
Experiencing disappointment does not mean you lack faith or trusted God insufficiently. Often, it happens because we have attached our own self-generated timelines and beliefs to what God promised, rather than trusting His exact method and timing.
How can we avoid disappointment in our spiritual walk?
To avoid disappointment, we must learn to discern what the Holy Spirit has truly given us faith for and release our own concocted beliefs about how and when it should unfold. We need to submit ourselves to God's schedule and trust Him daily.
What is a kairos moment in the context of faith?
Kairos refers to the exact, perfect moment for an event to occur to produce the optimum results. Just like timing a swing at a baseball, only God knows the precise kairos moment for His promises to manifest in our lives.
Friday Finale - Defying Disappointment – Episode 14
Originally written November 11, 2011
posted here: https://forthesakeofthetruth.com/2011/11/11/defying-disappointment/
Defying Disappointment
Disappointment is something that, as people, we deal with continually. It doesn’t matter how much you trust God and believe in Him or how much faith you have, we all from time to time experience disappointment.
Sometimes, for whatever reason, the ‘thing’ we have been believing for doesn’t happen, or doesn’t happen in the way or at the time we were believing it for.
That doesn’t mean you didn’t trust God enough. That doesn’t mean that you didn’t have faith. But sometimes our faith is in our faith and not in the giver of faith.
Huh? If you have been someone who has actively practiced faith for a long time, I think you may understand that statement. We understand how to live by faith and trust in God with hopeful expectation towards certain things. We have seen our faith be fruitful time and time again, which in turn builds our faith further.
But I am convinced that sometimes we become so confident of our faith that we leave the God of our faith out of the equation.
I am writing this after a difficult week. I have witnessed circumstances where a dear loved one of mine believed something would happen a certain way at a certain time. I was right there, praying and believing with them. I was confident that it would happen.
But it didn’t.
It will happen. We know that. We have been told that it is now a done deal, just not yet.
Disappointment was palpable yesterday. There were many angry people. Many frustrated people. Many hurt people. It affected many more people than just those I know and love.
So, if we are being led by the Holy Spirit and following Him, then why would there be disappointment? How could this major derailment happen?
We know that without faith it is impossible to please God, so we believe. But sometimes we encounter disappointment that just seems to strip us of any remnant of faith that we thought we had.
But I believe that sometimes we intermingle our own ‘belief’ with the ‘faith’ that God has given us, and that leads us to disappointment.
For example. We may believe that a certain thing will happen. We feel, from divine inspiration, that God is bringing this to pass for us. But in our minds, we reason how and when, and then we create a belief in ourselves about that very thing.
So we have an inbred situation. The situation I just experienced was exactly like that. The main request will happen. All those involved felt the peace of God leading that this was to happen. But it did not happen when, where, and how everyone thought it would. There was tremendous disappointment.
So what I have been learning in my life is to discern what God is giving me divine inspired faith for and what are beliefs I am attaching onto that faith. I want to learn to remove those self-generated beliefs and just trust in and rely on God to produce the when and where.
That is so hard for us as people. We are planners. We have to know or suspect when things will happen so we can recalibrate all the other aspects of our lives around them. When we put something in a slot and it doesn’t happen, then it is like pulling a can from the bottom of a display—all the other cans just topple. And we have spent weeks stacking those cans just so!
So how do we do this, keep from tainting what God is giving us faith for with our own concocted beliefs?
I think that is a significant challenge and one that we all must work on individually. But for me, I think I will approach it like this: I will first determine what I sense the Holy Spirit is truly giving me faith for. A situation, a dream, a goal, and then submit myself to allow Him to unfold it in my life in the way and the time that He determines.
I believe to avoid disappointment that we must be open to things not happening when we think they will. I always think I do this, but as I look back, even though I mentally do this and vocally do this, I still move forward as if it will happen the way I think it will. I’ve been working on this for a while, seeking the Holy Spirit each day to unfold for me each day and trust Him in that day.
So if a situation requires committing to a specific time because of the world we live in. I will abide by that, but not put my faith in that. I know that if God has spoken to me and given me faith for something, then it will happen. But I will determine within myself that even though it is scheduled or planned for a certain way, that God may have a different schedule or plan which ultimately serves His purpose and us better.
We’ve often heard the saying, ‘Timing is everything’. And it is. Kairos is the word for time which means the exact perfect moment that an event can occur which will produce the optimum results. I’ve always loved that word since the first time I came to hear it and know what it was.
Think of it like swinging a bat at a baseball. If you swing a fraction of a second too late or too early, you won’t get the optimum results as if you swing and hit that ball at the exact perfect time to produce the optimum results.
So here again we must trust that God, only God, knows the kairos moment for every event. We can perceive in our own minds what is best for us, but only God knows the kairos moment.
Should he choose to share with us what that kairos moment is, then and only then will we know. But I believe that mostly He wants us to trust Him in this area as well. To choose the perfect moment for an event to unfold.
So let’s not be disappointed because a situation or circumstance did not unfold exactly the way we felt it should. It doesn’t mean that it won’t happen, or that we didn’t have faith.
What it means is that if God has given us something to have faith for and the faith for it to come to pass, we must also trust Him that it will also happen at the exact perfect kairos time.
Trust God completely today.
This study is a culmination of this week’s Monday Meditation and the Wednesday Word Study. By drilling down on specific scriptures and then specific words, we can begin to gain a better understanding of the Word of God and therefore apply it to our lives more accurately. The Friday Finally episodes take both the Monday Meditation and Wednesday Word Study and pull them together for an overall teaching to equip and train us for a more Godly and beneficial life.
Shop all versions of my novels here: Shop Here
My Media Website: NancyJacksonPodcast.com
Check out my website: NancyJacksonAuthor.com
Follow me here:
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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NancyJacksonAuthor
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