How many times have you faced perplexing situations that you thought would never end? Perhaps things are happening right now beyond your control, and you cannot grasp why it is happening to you.
Depending on the circumstance and the depth of anguish it
brings, some people feel like pointing their finger at God and asking, “Why me?”
or “What have I done to deserve this?”
Disappointment brings ensuing anxiety and can cause bitterness to raise its ugly head. The subconscious mind begins to manifest negative connotations regarding unanswered questions.
When answers evade questions, individuals that grapple
with need-to-know pressures, disappointment turns to discouragement if the mind
is allowed to continue its focus on unanswered questions. A feeling of helplessness can find a foothold
if things continue southbound.
It does not take long before discouragement descends to doubt,
and helplessness turns to feelings of uselessness, while doubting that God even
cares about the hardship that is pursuing them.
The whys may turn to, “Leave me alone; I don’t want to talk to You
anymore!” referring to God.
These horrific declines are called 3-Ds. They assault our faith,
which are designed attacks to disrupt and isolate us from God. I believe it is a scheme of the devil to interrupt
a growing relationship we have with the Lord.
Disappointment, Discouragement, and Doubt are not of God.
I am thankful that I can factor in the love that God has for
me when facing difficult situations. When
a negative thought, regarding God’s promises, try to breach my God-centered mind,
I ask myself, “Do I really think God takes pleasure in seeing me struggle with the
mounting levels of 3-D attacks?” The
answer is always a robust, No!
I try to halt the onslaught that is attacking my confidence
in God at the disappointment stage. Patience
certainly enters the equation of trust, but impatience is certainly a factor,
which creates mounting frustration with self, others, and God. Thus, discouragement is just around the
corner if disappointment lingers.
We are in a computer age where quick answers are a part of
living. When personal attacks take
longer to resolve than our mind is willing to allow, natural thinking uses the term Human Nature to justify asking the question, why.
Christians live in a different mindset. We are in the world, but we are not of this
world. God is our source of strength. We can rise above human instincts to question
God with the help of the Holy Spirit to halt the 3-Ds from overwhelming
us. We can trust the person of Jesus
Christ with all our emotions because He cares for us.
The Lord said that we can cast all our cares upon Him. He will carry our burdens and make our
journey a fulfilling one, even in times of 3-D offensive.
(1 Peter 5:6,7) “Therefore humble yourself under the mighty
hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time, (7) casting all your care upon him
for He cares for you.”
When a sparrow falls to the ground, is the Lord not concerned? Yes.
Then, how much greater are we than the sparrow to God? Jesus said that we are of more value than
many sparrows. He loves us dearly.
There is no greater love than God giving His Son to die on a
cross for our sins. Jesus paid the
ultimate price for a world of sinners.
We have all sinned. Not one
person in this world is without sin.
Jesus was the only perfect man who walked the face of the earth and died
to bring us salvation from sin.
The Lord was viciously beaten 40 slashes save 1 before being
crucified to bring healing to our body, mind, and spirit. We can claim victory over anything because of
Jesus’ suffering, even before disappointment, discouragement and doubt tries to
destroy our relationship with God Almighty.
The Lord said that we can ask anything in His name, according
to His will, and then receive. We have
not, because we ask not. We need to ask
for healing and then believe that our healing has already been paid for. It was accomplished at Calvary. His death was not in vain when we plead the
blood of Jesus over our circumstance and maintain faith.
Jesus is our hope. We
need not allow 3-Ds to take root and reduce us to tears. Jesus suffered in our stead. We can walk in His strength when troubles come
our way. His strength becomes our
strength when we cast our cares upon Him.
As we totally surrender our will to the will of God, we are
made strong, because of who He is. He
knows how to work things out for our betterment. God will never leave or forsake us. His attention is ever on us.
God knows us by name and His desire is that we live an
abundant life through His Son Jesus. We
need only to trust Him in every area of our life and call out to Him when issues
are beginning to press in.
When we call upon the Lord, circumstances cannot overtake us and
push us to the ground of disappointment, discouragement, and doubt. God is greater than the 3-Ds.
To help discomfort and hurt to not take place in our life, we
can do what the Bible says in (Philippians 4:8) “Finally, brethren, whatever
things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever
things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good
report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—mediate on
these things.”
By meditating on positive thoughts, we program our mind to
resist negative occurrences of 3-D thinking, which is bad for not only the psyche,
but maintaining faith in God.
Written by,
Papa Boyd
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