Everyone has experienced disappointments at one time or another. Some people handle them well, and others have never learned how to face them, nor do they try to learn how. God is concerned how you face them. Half the battle of life is learning how to face disappointments. Jesus let you know when He was here that you would be disappointed; He had many disappointments, and He met them head-on. He said that in the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world (John 16:33). In the world you will have tribulation—disappointments—but through Jesus you can be an overcomer. By living through and in Him to overcome all, you learn to face the disappointments when they come your way.

I’ve seen good children of God suffer much depression because they couldn’t face disappointments. Although they didn’t give up on God, the disappointments slowed them down in serving Him, seemed to take the very heart out of them.

The secret of overcoming is facing disappointments head-on. Again and again I am disappointed, but I don’t bow down to them. I don’t talk about them. We all have disappointments, but know that the Lord will bring you out when you turn to Him.

Do You Really Want God’s Will?

Of course it’s not pleasant to be disappointed. Disappointment comes from being made unhappy by the failures of hopes or expectations. We expect much from life, expect things to be just how we want. We expect God to answer prayers our way and answer them when we want them answered. God never promised to answer prayers our way instead of His. We say, Lord, we want your will to be done, and then we are disappointed when it’s different from our will. We ask for the Lord’s will in buying a house, but if we’re disappointed when we don’t get the house, that disappointment is evidence we didn’t really want the will of God. We put a bid in on a certain car, telling the Lord we don’t want it unless He wants us to have it. When someone else gets the car before us, we’re disappointed. The same thing happens when it comes to choosing a mate. God if that’s the one for me, let me know; if not, take that one away. God takes that person out of a young girl’s life, and she has a face longer than a mule’s. Although she said she wanted the will of God, now she blames Him for saving her from a rocky marriage.

A boy can put out a fleece about a certain person, and when that one marries someone else, the boy is disappointed. He didn’t really want the will of God; he wanted his own will. If he wanted the will of God, he would rejoice when God answered his prayer even though it was something other than what he had in mind.

If you want the will of God but then are disappointed when you get it, you didn’t really want it. If you wanted the will of God, you would rejoice and praise Him for looking out for you. Some of you have landed in trouble by getting things you did not need—the wrong car, the wrong house, the wrong companion. God, why didn’t you do something! you cry. It’s obvious people don’t come from monkeys if for no other reason than the way they face disappointments. If monkeys drop their bananas, they don’t go into shock and withdraw from monkey society; they make the best of the situation and continue with their lives. Monkeys know how to meet disappointment. When they don’t find fruit on one tree, they go to another. Never sitting down and pining over a lack of bananas, they find something else to eat.

God doesn’t move for people in great ways who live in bondages of disappointment. A spirit of disappointment can drag people down when they give in to it. Disappointment is like a millstone around their necks: I’ll never get anywhere. Life isn’t good to me. This isn’t the life the Lord promised.

“Curse God and Die”

When you live in a spirit of disappointment, you are not believing God, not walking hand in hand with Him. To walk hand in hand with Jesus, you accept whatever He gives you. Job in his hour of tremendous suffering said, I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God (Job 19:25,26). Job could have been disappointed; his wife certainly was. Her most helpful suggestion was: Curse God, and die (Job 2:9).

Job recognized the foolishness of her words, and reprimanded her for them. Job’s wife was a curse to him because she did not have God in control. God didn’t count on Job’s wife, so God wasn’t disappointed in her. He knew her spirit, knew all about her. God didn’t ask, Hast thou considered my servant, Job’s wife? God said, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil (Job 1:8)? If you want God to say that about you, be prepared for the devil to rage.

Job’s wife was disappointed in him; his friends were disappointed, but God wasn’t. God turned Job’s captivity into victory when he prayed for his disappointing friends, and the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before (Job 42:10).

Is God Disappointed in You?

Take your mind off your disappointments; ask yourself, Is God disappointed in me? How sad to disappoint God! When you disappoint God, you cut off the source of your great help, block it out. Make sure you don’t disappoint God. Ask Him if He is disappointed in you.

I never want to live one minute in which I have disappointed God. I want to please Him in all ways. Neither do I allow myself to ever be disappointed in the Lord. His promises are true, exacting. Every word He has ever spoken He has weighed on His scales of love and faithfulness. Everything He tells us is for our good, and we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose (Romans 8:28).

There is no condemnation to those in Christ Jesus who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit (Romans 8:1). How ridiculous to hunger and thirst for the will of God and then to be disappointed when it comes!

I talked with a person, a wonderful individual who really knew the Lord, but not facing disappointment was that one’s downfall. I talked to that person, tried to help. You can’t face life, I said. That’s what’s wrong. You must learn to handle disappointment if you expect to face life. Life is made up of disappointments. Jesus came, brought abundant life so that if we walk and trust in Him, we would not be disappointed to the extent it would discourage us and turn us aside.

Disappointment Breeds Discouragement

Disappointment breeds many problems, not the least of which is discouragement. The devil slows some people down in their work for God because they become discouraged when disappointment comes their way. The devil knows what will disappoint you, whether it’s people, the lack of money or whatever; and he works to keep these areas stirred up for you. However, Jesus said to let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also (John 14:1-3). Don’t let your heart be discouraged. Use this passage in John to cure your discouragement. When you get rid of the disappointments, the discouragement will fade away. Disappointment can hit you for the moment—you are only human—but use the Word of God to rise above it all. All things work together for your good when you’re plugged into Heaven with a standing order that God will not answer one prayer that would not be in His divine will.

Jesus came in the Spirit of the Father: Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God (Hebrews 10:9). If you come to do the will of the Lord, why should you be discouraged? Put up your shield of faith, use the Word of God, shine it upon that disappointment and see it evaporate. The Word of God destroys disappointment.

When you love the Lord and want the will of God, your disappointments aren’t because you disappointed God—if you have been walking with Him and pleasing Him. However, if you have been displeasing the Lord, you are working against all that He seeks to do for you. Many people bring disappointments to their lives because they fail God, don’t walk with Him the way they should. Anytime you fail God, disappointment is due you.

Ten Percent Belongs to God

Some people fail God in tithing, disappoint Him. When the money begins to disappear, they don’t consider how they have disappointed God; they just think about their own disappointment. God is disappointed when people put untithed money in the bank. Ten percent of your income belongs to God; it’s His. If you do not give Him what is rightfully His, if you are not a tither, you are disappointing your God by using His holy money. God feels disappointment as we feel, but He goes on. Many people, however, feeling disappointment, give up. Years ago the Lord paid me a special visit, telling me that I was to preach tithing and giving to the people. He said that His people have robbed themselves by robbing Him.

I was taught when I was a child that if you didn’t tithe you robbed yourself of financial blessings, but later I found that you also robbed yourself of miracles, healings and other blessings. God rewards faithfulness. Not tithing delays God’s work, ties His hands; yet people excuse themselves by saying they don’t make enough money to tithe. That isn’t true. If you make a dime, one penny of it belongs to God. If you believe what God tells you about tithing, He will take the ninety percent He gives you and make it go farther than you could make the one hundred percent go.

Learn What to Do with Disappointments

When you are obedient to God, you have the key to overcoming disappointments. Your obedience to Him in every way unties His hands, and He is free to move for you. Jesus, I’m walking in your footprints, doing your will and I won’t let disappointment hold on to me. Everything works for my good. I’m going on my way to do my work for you, and you will work out the difficulties I face, turn them into blessings.

When you are disappointed, the devil brings in a spirit of worry and fretting. Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you (I Peter 5:7). Cast all your care, all of it, on God. By doing this, you overcome the disappointments. God is ready to take all disappointment you give Him. Not letting the Lord take disappointments hinders individuals and whole families.

Children must be taught how to handle disappointments. All too often today parents satisfy their children’s disappointments with money. Children are paid to be good. They are even paid for being naughty. Too many parents substitute rewards for the learning tools of handling disappointment. Don’t try to cure disappointments with temporary measures that fail to take God into account.

Learning how to handle my disappointments in life as a child helped prepare me for the ministry, for the trials ahead. It toughened me up to stand and to not let the trying times overwhelm me. When I didn’t have sufficient clothes, I made the best of it. The soles of my shoes wore out, so I just inserted cardboard, and it felt good—until it rained. Then I threw out the soaked cardboard and put in a dry piece, and it felt good again.

Get your children ready for disappointments; teach them how to handle them. I was reared to face disappointments, to meet them and overcome them. Everyone will be disappointed at one time or another, I say again, and everyone needs to know how to face them. Let nothing stop you. Prepare. If your parents didn’t prepare you to face disappointments, you must prepare yourself. Decide that you will not let disappointments affect you, worry you, that you will bury them in the Word of God. Use the Word on all of your disappointments.

Are you lonely? Don’t be disappointed in your loneliness to the extent that you begin to live in depression. Yield to the Spirit of God, knowing He is always with you. You are never alone.

I was in a terrible state of loneliness after my wife Angel went to Heaven, devastated that she was no longer with me; but I wasn’t disappointed with God. I yielded to His Spirit. He paid me a divine visitation, telling me it was His will to take her, and that by His taking her when He did, she would bring more souls into His Kingdom than had He left her with me. I shall never forget that visitation. It burns upon my heart. I can quote His words verbatim. I decided: Lord, if I ever believed anything you have said, I must believe it now. I knew my only way to live was through the Word of God. Life was in His Word, and at that time, it was the only life I could feel. There was no other life for me. I told God, “I’m not angry with you.” I wasn’t disappointed with God for taking Angel.

Some people blame God for taking their loved ones. I have never blamed God one moment for taking Angel. When He let me know it was His divine will, that knowledge was sufficient. Why should I be disappointed in His divine will? The hurt was there, of course, but I had to learn to yield to His love so that I could live without the horrible loneliness and grief that was like a hungry animal gnawing the very life out of me. It was unbelievable, something I have never been able to explain. I knew that the grief couldn’t continue on and on. The Lord knew it, too. I yielded to His love, and as I yielded He was able to pour more and more of His love into me.

He Will Never Leave You

Be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee (Hebrews 13:5). I knew the Lord was with me all the time. His Word told me He was whether I felt Him or not. Even when the sorrow engulfed me like the flames of a great fire and for the moment I couldn’t see my next step, I knew He was with me.

I don’t have to beg the Lord for love; I have it, and I look for places to serve it. I work with one or a multitude of people at one time; it matters not. I have the love of God to serve to all. It came to me through what I had to suffer.

There is a price to pay to have a lot of the love of God. You will never have that much of His love without paying a great price for it. If you don’t pay the price, you won’t know how to use love; you won’t put enough value on it. Without His love, you use anger on difficult people instead of His love. I reach over for love, love, love to help people. No matter how strong the messages are that God gives me, they are still full of His love. They are preached in His love; they go forth through His love.

Be Satisfied with God’s Goodness

Much dissatisfaction is found in disappointment. Many fail God when they become disappointed. Perhaps they use another person’s behavior as an excuse to stay out of church. No one can afford to let others cause him to fail God. Some stop teaching Sunday School or singing in the choir because they were disappointed. They stop praying because they are disappointed; they no longer read the Word of God. I have dealt much with disappointments in the ministry and seen the damage it has done because people could not face them. Take heart; take courage when in this world you have disappointments. Everything will not go the way you think it should.

And my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the Lord (Jeremiah 31:14). You cannot be satisfied with the Lord’s goodness and disappointed at the same time. Be sure you are never dissatisfied with God. If you let the devil bring lingering disappointment to you, disappointment you don’t know how to face, you unconsiously will begin to include God in it, blame Him.

Many people when they first receive salvation are so carried away with the Lord that they don’t think they will ever be disappointed again. They certainly feel they would never disappoint Him no matter what anyone else did. So full of His love, they have no room for anger, strife or contention. Peace and joy bubble like a river. It seems that any prayer they pray reaches God easily. They feel wonderful. Then the enemy closes in. One day they wake to find the heavens are brass, locked up. At this point, some people turn back completely from serving God.

God’s Way Is Not Man’s Way

The Israelites couldn’t face disappointments. Even after Moses brought them out of Egyptian bondage, they were ready to stone him when things became difficult. They thought the Exodus would be different, and when it didn’t meet their expectations, they failed God.

Naaman came to Elisha to be healed of leprosy, but he was offended when Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean. But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the Lord his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper. Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage (II Kings 5:10-12). Fortunately for Naaman, his servants talked him into doing what Elisha asked, and after he dipped seven times in the Jordan, he received his miracle. Surely he would have lost it had he not listened to those servants.

Many are hindered from receiving healing when they fix in their minds how the healing should take place. Some come to me in the healing line saying, “Now, I don’t want to fall.” When I received my miracle, I wouldn’t have cared how the Lord did it; I would just have praised Him for the miracle. I have never told God how to handle me, that He should be careful with me. God knows how to perform His miracles on each individual. Every time people insist on God doing things the way they want, they put a block between them and their God.

Learn to let the Holy Spirit heal you of your disappointments. Wait on the Lord. When God doesn’t move the way you think He ought to, find out whether you are in the right waiting room. Have good Bible sense. The Bible says, They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint (Isaiah 40:31). Wait on the Lord and prepare to fly like the eagle.

If you want to catch a bus, stand at the designated place and wait for it. By moving elsewhere, you will miss it. Some people are in constant motion and getting nowhere in the Lord. Wait upon the Lord: wait in His love, in His strength, in His promises. You couldn’t have better furnishings in a waiting room than God’s love, strength, hope, peace, goodness, mercy. It’s all there for you as you wait on Him. Be glad God’s patience has not worn as thin as yours. Rejoice in Him.

Confusion always comes from disappointment. You become confused if you let disappointment take you over, confused in God’s ways, confused about His thoughts. You don’t know what direction to take. With confusion comes fear. For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind (II Timothy 1:7). Love is the key to it all, God’s love. Though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity [love], I am nothing (I Corinthians 13:2). Without love you are as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal (I Corinthians 13:1). When you have God’s love, you have everything you need. In His love is all His grace, all His promises, all the healing necessary for soul, mind and body. Through His promises, take His love and use it.

Dying at Age Twenty-Three

Why be disappointed? I didn’t let disappointment destroy me even when I was at death’s door. I couldn’t understand why God wouldn’t heal me, but I never was angry with Him or blamed Him for my condition. At times I would tell Him that I didn’t understand why I was in a dying condition when all I wanted to do was preach His Gospel. I prayed for others and they were healed—and I was still ill. He had called me to carry His Gospel, and I had been preaching such a short time. I began when I was eighteen, and at twenty-three, there I was at the edge of the grave. Although I didn’t understand, I didn’t let the lack of understanding stop me. I was determined to preach as long as I could get to the pulpit. Part of the time Angel would have to help me dress. I was determined that if I died, I would do it preaching, although at times I would be in such pain that I could hardly stand it. My God, how much more could I take? I wondered. I would hold to the Bible stand to keep from falling. I had to get the Word out to the people. I couldn’t afford to nurse disappointments, to keep company with them. I knew the way of the Lord was perfect, that the Word was my light, my rest, my peace, my food, my everything. I knew I was saved, baptized in the Holy Ghost. I was God-called and my future rested in His hands. I was willing to do whatever God wanted, so willing.

Had I allowed disappointment to be my companion, it would have hindered Angel and her faith for me. As it was, she would weep to see me in such a terrible condition. Hour after hour she would stay with me, praying, not getting enough rest and sleep. If I couldn’t be an encouragement to her, where was my encouragement coming from?

Don’t ever discourage those around you; you need the strength of their encouragement. I told Angel: God is listening. God won’t let us down. God is on the throne. She, in turn, encouraged me. Say the things you know. Anyone in your household should be encouraged. My happiness depended much on Angel’s happiness. When I made Angel happy, her happiness bounced right back to me.

As a child, I had a rubber ball that I bounced against a wall and caught on the rebound. I have found that simple act to be an interesting comparison to other situations. When you give love and encouragement, they come back to you. Give peace, and it comes back. If you make someone strong around you, if you are patient with them, those things will come back sooner or later.

Throughout my illness, I knew God was on the throne, that He held our future in His hands. I knew He could speak, and the thing would be done. That’s just what happened. God spoke, and I was healed. The night He came to me, it was done. I could have been disappointed, given up before that time, for I was getting worse instead of better. More and more of my body was being taken over. What if I had fallen into that pool of disappointment? The devil would have robbed me, probably of my very life.

When I think of Calvary and all that Jesus suffered for our deliverance of soul, mind and body, I can’t be disappointed in anything He says, does, wants or requires of me. No matter how tired and weary I am, if God tells me to do something, I know He will give me the strength to do it. That’s the reason I take on so many things for Him. My trust is in the Lord. Trust in self brings disappointments again and again. I can be disappointed in my strength, in my opinions, but I have never been disappointed in Jesus. He is everything, our brightest light.

God Works with a Humble Heart

Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time (I Peter 5:6). Spiritually, the way up means you first must go down, be humbled. If you seek to go up without being humble, you will fail spiritually. You may think you are as far down as you can go, but then find you can go a little lower—not in the spirit of disappointment, but in the spirit of humility and faith. Jesus is bringing you down to get you ready for a higher mountain, for greater things. If you are living holy before Him, He is bringing you down on purpose to get you ready. He brings people down so He can “get the eagle ready to fly.” The way up is down, but take care: the devil seeks to use your opportunity to grow in the Lord as a means to bring in disappointment and discouragement.

For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favor is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning (Psalm 30:5). Weeping endures for a short time. Don’t be disappointed in the weeping times; don’t give up on the Lord. Those times will come; sorrows and despairs will come, but you must decide that whatever God wants is all that counts.

The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord (Job 1:21). The Lord gave me Angel, and I knew He gave her to me. When the Lord took her away, I was still able to bless the name of the Lord. It takes the Spirit of the living God to be in control of your life for you to be able to bless Him in times of tragedy.

Paul said, I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound (Philippians 4:12). Paul had disappointments, but he faced them, overcame them so that they did not destroy him. Disappointments will cripple, rob and even destroy you, or else you will defeat disappointments.

Many have never learned how to be abased. Again and again, Paul was abased so he could abound. Every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me (Philippians 4:12,13). Who was Paul instructed by? The Holy Spirit. When you learn how to suffer as well as to abound, you can meet the disappointments of life. Through Christ you can do what is needed.

To meet disappointments victoriously, to be able to handle them, you must qualify through the Word of God. Paul qualified. His life is an inspiration, that one life. Staying away from pursuits of the world, Paul went forth to find the deepness in the Lord. In Jesus he found himself.

Some people have attended church for years, but never have completely found themselves in the Lord. You can find the Lord, but not really find yourself in Him. If you are forever troubled about something and sidetracked from the path God wants you to travel, you have never found yourself in the Lord. In other words, you have never taken your place in the body of Christ, never become a real soldier for Him, never stood up to be counted in His Word and in His grace. Although you have found Jesus, you haven’t found yourself in Jesus.

Use God’s Promises

After you come to Christ, you must find yourself in Him, discover how to use the Word, how to use the blood, how to use His promises, how to use the grace of God. Don’t talk discouragement or disappointment or they will overcome you. Overcome your disappointments. You may be disappointed for the moment, but don’t let it linger. Many times I have been disappointed, but then suddenly the answer came like the sun bursting out on a cloudy day: The Lord is working, the Lord is moving. The Lord will take care of everything. He charts my course, walks my stormy waters. The eyes of the Lord are upon me to do me good. He promised to never leave me or forsake me. He promised to supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus (Philippians 4:19). He said to let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid (John 14:27).

When you are tempted and tried, don’t be disappointed. Learn not to talk fear. The Bible tells you that there hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it (I Corinthians 10:13). Temptation is not new to man; it is common. But God will not allow you to be tempted more than you are able to handle. If you don’t see a way out, just settle down knowing that you can bear it because God has not yet provided a way of escape. He will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able to bear. Go to the Word. It speaks in a loud voice to those who want to hear it. With ears of love, you can hear the voice of God through His Word speaking to you.

Turn Disappointments into Stepping Stones

If you are going to become angry at anything or anyone, be angry at yourself. Using anger against someone else stirs up more anger, and a fight will break out. Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God (James 1:19,20). Too often we have this scripture reversed: we’re slow to hear, swift to speak and swift to become angry.

The lack of yielding to the Lord leads to disappointment and makes the way for a rebellious spirit to take over. When you rebel against God, you are in trouble. For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry (I Samuel 15:23).

In this world you will have disappointments; prepare to face them. Why be disappointed about death when you know you were marked for death from the day you were born? It will come to everyone—except those taken in the Rapture. Rejoice in Jesus knowing that you can live with Him forever. The Word of God is the cure for disappointments. Use the Word. The disappointment of being separated from loved ones, knowing you will never see them again on this earth, is one of the worst things you can face.

When I lost Angel, every place I went there was only one face I wanted to see. I knew I would never see that face again as long as I was on earth. Then I turned to the Word. The disciples looked upon Christ in His glorified form after He was resurrected. He even ate with them. He had a body like the born-again will have when they are glorified on that glad reunion day that will last for all eternity. That loved one is not lost to you forevermore, and to think about being reunited for all eternity fills the heart with praises to the Lord. Thank you Lord that through Calvary that personality has been preserved for all eternity! It won’t be for just a few years, but for all eternity while the years roll on, roll on, roll on.

Don’t be disappointed if you have not yet received the baptism in the Holy Spirit. Lift yourself up by deciding that the Holy Ghost is for you, and this can be your time to receive. Decide you will go through to the baptism; the Lord has promised you. Don’t let disappointments cripple you in any way; don’t let them weaken you. Disappointments can become stepping stones for you to grow in the Lord, because every time the devil battles you in a disappointment, you step over it right onto the promises of God. When the promises are fulfilled, the strength He gives you lifts you up, blesses you.

Put It All under the Blood

Don’t be disappointed if you don’t get well overnight after you receive prayer for healing. Put your affliction under the blood of Jesus, knowing you have to get well. No power can stand against the power in the blood. Rejoice in the blood.

I have put afflictions under the blood, and it worked. The blood healed them. The devil wants you to be disappointed if you don’t feel better. I was getting worse before the Lord healed me, heading for the grave. It was fearful because I couldn’t feel any faith for my healing, and hope was going. Then Jesus came. He promised, and He was there. He promised and He will be with you. He promised and you can live on the promises of God. Jesus said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God (Matthew 4:4). Jesus meant exactly what He said.

You must live through the Word of God to have His living grace, love, peace, joy and greatness. Those who are not living through the Word of God do not have real life. Disappointments, disappointments follow them constantly. They try to cover up through drink, drugs and mindless pursuits. Some are ruining their lives completely. Suicide is not the way out.

Jesus said, I am the way, the truth, and the life (John 14:6). Is He your way today? Decide to meet your disappointments head-on knowing the way of the Lord is perfect. Meet your disappointments secure in the Lord’s care, in His divine will. Walk in the divine will, never displeasing the Lord in any way. Be obedient to Him, meeting your disappointments in the joy of the Lord. Rejoice and be glad in Him, knowing that disappointments do not have to get you down. Bring all your disappointments to the Lord, put them under the blood and decide that the way of the Lord is perfect, the grace of God is sufficient and your Lord cares.

You perhaps didn’t realize the extent that disappointments were affecting you. You may be disappointed in a person, in what someone has said about you; the influence of what they said has greater power over you than the influence of the Word of God. Why allow that to ever happen again? Be influenced by the wonderful Word of God. Don’t let people affect you more than Heaven and angels and God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Ghost. The devil would like to deceive you with disappointments, letting people hurt you instead of taking the healing balm from Heaven. Open your eyes to what the Word means to you. It is all powerful, all truth, all healing, all peace, all greatness. The Word is everything you need.

Act on the Word

Act on the Word. The Word says, With his stripes we are healed (Isaiah 53:5). I pray for people and they get well because God said they would. If you want the will of God, then learn how to use it. Don’t let disappointments hinder you. Turn everything that has ever disappointed you over to the Lord. Everyone that you have ever been disappointed in, even your own companion, your own children or your own parents, turn them over to the Lord. Put everything that has ever disappointed you under the blood. Meet the blood with joy and gladness because the devil cannot defeat the power of the blood of Jesus. As long as you use the blood, you will never be defeated. As long as you use the blood, victories are yours because the divine blood of Jesus turns those disappointments into victories.