{"id":55,"date":"2017-02-15T22:06:41","date_gmt":"2017-02-16T04:06:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reconciledworld.org\/flourish\/?p=55"},"modified":"2017-09-15T12:54:14","modified_gmt":"2017-09-15T17:54:14","slug":"is-god-disappointed-with-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reconciledworld.org\/flourish\/is-god-disappointed-with-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Is God Disappointed With Me?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Do you ever feel like you are a disappointment to God? That you don\u2019t measure up? That your blunders and weaknesses are constantly under the spotlight of His judgment? <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>God must be so disappointed as He looks at my faults and failures\u2026 He must be displeased that I can\u2019t get it right<\/span><\/i>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Many leaders feel like they habitually fall short, thus assuming that God is disappointed in them. But is He? Is God disappointed with you?<\/span><\/p>\n

If you find yourself asking this question, here are a few thoughts that I hope encourage you and give you insight into the feelings that God has towards you. <\/span><\/p>\n

Defining Disappointment<\/b><\/p>\n

The word disappointment <\/span>means that a person expects that an outcome will be one thing, when in fact it turns out to be another way. It involves surprise and frustration. Disappointment is the result of an unfulfilled or unrealized expectation. <\/span>[1]<\/span><\/p>\n

Is God surprised by our sin?<\/b><\/p>\n

The question arises: Can a sovereign God be surprised? Does anything about our sin, failures, weaknesses or faults surprise God? Is there any way to catch God off guard? The answer is NO! <\/span>God is sovereign, infinite and all-knowing. He knew you before you were born (Psalms 139:13). He knows your struggles, your weaknesses and your shortcomings, and He has never been surprised by them. His response?<\/span><\/p>\n

God\u2019s Response to knowing our sin?<\/b><\/p>\n

Instead of begrudgingly putting up with you and saying, \u201c<\/span>I wish she was better than that,\u201d<\/span><\/i> He actually did the opposite. In love, He died for you. He sent Jesus to the cross in order to account for your sin once and for all. At the cross, <\/span>\u201c<\/span>God was reconciling the world to Himself in Christ, <\/span><\/i>not counting people\u2019s sins against them<\/span><\/i>\u201d (2 Corinthians 5:19).<\/span><\/p>\n

He wasn\u2019t surprised, God hates sin and He knew you would fall into its snare, so He provided a way out through Jesus\u2019 shed blood on the cross. <\/span>The bottom line is that Jesus loves you!<\/span><\/p>\n

Failure? Flop? Regret? Disappointment? No. That is not how God sees you. He sees you from His love. <\/span><\/p>\n

God\u2019s approach with us<\/b><\/p>\n

God does not identify us by our sin. We may hold firmly onto our weaknesses and clench tightly to our mistakes, but God doesn\u2019t. \u201c<\/span>There is no condemnation for those who are in Christ<\/span><\/i>\u201d (Romans 8:1).<\/span><\/p>\n

Does this mean we should overlook our sins? Not at all. When we see issues in our lives, we are asked to take them seriously and come to God in order to learn and grow in His likeness.<\/span><\/p>\n

What it does mean though, is that God is not discouraged by our flaws, like we so often are. He is not disappointed, but rather He sees their power as already dissolved by the cross.<\/span><\/p>\n

Through God\u2019s eyes<\/b><\/p>\n

If God doesn\u2019t see me as a disappointment, then how does He see me?? According to the Bible God sees you as: <\/span><\/p>\n