Is God Disappointed with Us

Perhaps this is the age old question.  We wonder if on some deeper level we've greatly disappointed God. 

Maybe we have not lived up to our potential. 

Maybe we have committed some great sin or haven’t performed on some deeper level and that disappoints God.  

Some would say that we are experiencing the wrath of God in today’s world because of some enormous sins that have been committed.

Look at any headline on any given day and you see things that might suggest this.

     ~Rape on the increase

     ~Embezzlement rising

     ~Theft soaring

     ~Adultery is rising

     ~Guns in school

     ~Drugs sold on every corner

And we might throw in questions like this:

  “Where is God in the middle of all of this?”

    “Did I cause this in this world?”“

      “Did I let God down?”

I want to turn to one of my favorite writers and speakers – Brennan Manning.  He says this:

“For those who feel their lives are a grave disappointment to God, it requires enormous trust and reckless, raging confidence to accept that the love of Jesus Christ knows no shadow of alteration or change. 

"When Jesus said, ‘Come to me, all you who labor and are heavy burdened,’ He assumed we would grow weary, discouraged, and disheartened along the way.  These words are a touching testimony to the genuine humanness of Jesus." 

Brennan uses words like “enormous trust” and “reckless, raging confidence.”  Sometimes we have such a weak image of God that we think He is a pansy.  We think He is weak, incompetent, off base, and a poor judge of character.  And we think He is so very fragile.

For the record, here is a page from God’s resume.

·       “I created the foundations of the world

·       I formed it in six days

·       I flung the stars to their far corners of the world

·       I created enormous beasts and delicate flowers, and

         a sparrow

·       I created man in my own image

·       I saw mankind and know how he works, how he

         thinks, and what his proclivities are, and yet I still

         love him.” 

I could go on, but you get the idea. 

We forget sometimes who our Heavenly Father really is.  If we but grasp a larger image of Him, we will accept the reality that God is worthy of “enormous trust and reckless raging confidence.”

His love knows no bounds; there is not a tether that keeps pulling His love back from reaching us, and He will never run out.

He has plenty …

Plenty of love

Plenty of grace

Plenty of mercy

Plenty of whatever we may need.

Here is another page from God’s resume.

I AM …

    Eternal                 Psalm 90:2

    Holy                      I Samuel 2:2

    Unchanging          Hebrews 13:8 

    Infinity                  Revelations 1:8 

    All-powerful         Matthew 19:26

    Omnipresent        Proverbs 5:3

    All-wise                 Jeremiah 10:12  

    All-knowing          Psalm 147:5    

    Gracious                Hebrews 4:16

    Merciful                 Psalm 86:5

    Just                         Romans 3:23-26

    Sovereign               Job 42:2

We come back to or original question:  Is God disappointed with us?

No.  He loves us, He continually reaches out for us, He is always with us, and He always has His eye on us.

He knows us and He loves us anyway.

I would have to say this … I am a child of God and I have nothing to fear.  He has a future with hope all mapped out for me.

I rest my case.

P Michael Biggs

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