When You’re Disappointed By God

Missing Peace

“Disappointment with God”

(Luke 2:10-14, Matthew 1:18-19,

Matthew 2:13, Proverbs 19:21, Matthew 1:20-21)

What do you do when you feel like God has let you down?

…If we needed advice= a

…if we needed education= a

…if we needed new laws=

…but we needed forgiveness and hope, so God sent a !

• Imagine being Joseph:
  • Disappointment
  • Plans
• Imagine being Mary
  • Probably or years old
  • Has and for a family
  • But God. Didn’t do anything .
  • Yet, still, Joseph is considering her!
• Other Bible characters who were disappointed with God:
  • – Have you ever been disappointed that God won’t answer your questions?
  • – Ever been disappointed with God that you are doing his will/work and life is still so hard?
  • – Ever felt disappointed that God didn’t the way you felt was most fair?

Joseph and Mary face the potential of further disappointment with God, and so may we:

• • • On the – The journey of faith is not an one.
      • BTW, if God didn’t even make it easy for Joseph and Mary—the mother of Jesus—do you really think you and I will get off ?
    • On the – Saying, yes, to God means we have joined a spiritual between good and evil!
      • One of the ways you can help fend off some disappointment is to the of your situation.
    • On the – When all hope appeared lost, God was just turning things around.

Two Truths that can help when you don’t understand:

1. You don’t have to the plan to God has a .
2. Your disappointment with God might actually be a divine from God!

[Sermon series taken from Craig Groeschel at Life.Church]