Saturday, March 4, 2017
Disappointment
Bible Questions Answered:
“..and that never happened, if you
pray and it doesn't go the way you want, what do you do then?...”
Romona/ Chicago, Illinois U.S.A.
Bible Answer:
Bible Texts:
Disappointment, can and does happen.
Disappointment:
The feeling of sadness or displeasure
caused by the nonfulfillment of one's hopes or expectations:
Web
Disappointment, and Sorrow, was
promised to Israel, if they went back from serving The Lord!
Deuteronomy 28:14-68 KJV
14 And thou shalt not go aside from
any of The Words which I command thee this day, to the right hand, or
to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.
15 But it shall come to pass, if
thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of The Lord Thy God, to observe
to do all His commandments and His statutes which I command thee this
day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake
thee:
16 Cursed shalt thou be in
the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field.
17 Cursed shall be thy basket
and thy store.
18 Cursed shall be the fruit
of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and
the flocks of thy sheep.
19 Cursed shalt thou be when
thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out.
20 The Lord shall send upon thee
cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou settest thine hand
unto for to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish
quickly; because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast
forsaken Me.
21 The Lord shall make the
pestilence cleave unto thee, until He have consumed thee from off the
land, whither thou goest to possess it.
22 The Lord shall smite thee with a
consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an
extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with
mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.
23 And thy heaven that is over thy
head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.
24 The Lord shall make the rain of
thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee,
until thou be destroyed.
25 The Lord shall cause thee to be
smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them,
and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be removed into all the
kingdoms of the earth.
26 And thy carcase shall be meat
unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and no
man shall fray them away.
27 The Lord will smite thee with the
botch of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the scab, and with the
itch, whereof thou canst not be healed.
28 The Lord shall smite thee with
madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart:
29 And thou shalt grope at noonday,
as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy
ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no
man shall save thee.
30 Thou shalt betroth a wife, and
another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou
shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not
gather the grapes thereof.
31 Thine ox shall be slain before
thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine ass shall be
violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be restored
to thee: thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt
have none to rescue them.
32 Thy sons and thy daughters shall
be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail
with longing for them all the day long; and there shall be no might
in thine hand.
33 The fruit of thy land, and all
thy labors, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou
shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway:
34 So that thou shalt be mad for the
sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.
35 The Lord shall smite thee in the
knees, and in the legs, with a sore botch that cannot be healed, from
the sole of thy foot unto the top of thy head.
36 The Lord shall bring thee, and
thy king which thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation which neither
thou nor thy fathers have known; and there shalt thou serve other
gods, wood and stone.
37 And thou shalt become an
astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the
Lord shall lead thee.
38 Thou shalt carry much seed out
into the field, and shalt gather but little in; for the locust shall
consume it.
39 Thou shalt plant vineyards, and
dress them, but shalt neither drink of the wine, nor gather the
grapes; for the worms shall eat them.
40 Thou shalt have olive trees
throughout all thy coasts, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the
oil; for thine olive shall cast his fruit.
41 Thou shalt beget sons and
daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy them; for they shall go into
captivity.
42 All thy trees and fruit of thy
land shall the locust consume.
43 The stranger that is within thee
shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low.
44 He shall lend to thee, and thou
shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the
tail.
45 Moreover all these curses shall
come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou
be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst (obeyed)
not unto the voice of The Lord Thy God, to keep His commandments and
His statutes which He commanded thee:
46 And they shall be upon thee for a
sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever.
47 Because thou servedst not The
Lord Thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the
abundance of all things;
48 Therefore shalt thou serve thine
enemies which The Lord shall send against thee, in hunger, and in
thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and He shall put
a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until He have destroyed thee.
49 The Lord shall bring a nation
against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the
eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand;
50 A nation of fierce countenance,
which shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favor to the
young:
51 And he shall eat the fruit of thy
cattle, and the fruit of thy land, until thou be destroyed: which
also shall not leave thee either corn, wine, or oil, or the increase
of thy kine, or flocks of thy sheep, until he have destroyed thee.
52 And he shall besiege thee in all
thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou
trustedst, throughout all thy land: and he shall besiege thee in all
thy gates throughout all thy land, which The Lord Thy God hath given
thee.
53 And thou shalt eat the fruit of
thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the
Lord thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness,
wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee:
54 So that the man that is tender
among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his
brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of
his children which he shall leave:
55 So
that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children
whom he shall eat: because he hath nothing left him in the siege, and
in the straitness (desperate straits) , wherewith thine
enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates.
56 The tender and delicate woman
among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon
the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil
toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her
daughter,
57 And toward her young one that
cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children which she
shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly in
the siege and straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee
in thy gates.
58 If thou wilt not observe to do
all The Words of this Law that are written in this book, that thou
mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, The Lord Thy God;
59 Then The Lord will make thy
plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues,
and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long
continuance.
60 Moreover He will bring upon thee
all the diseases of Egypt, which thou wast afraid of; and they shall
cleave unto thee.
61 Also every sickness, and every
plague, which is not written in the book of this Law, them will
The Lord bring upon thee, until thou
be destroyed.
62 And ye shall be left few in
number, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because
thou wouldest not obey the voice of The Lord Thy God.
63 And it shall come to pass, that
as The Lord rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you; so
The Lord will rejoice over you to destroy you, and to bring you to
nought; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou goest
to possess it.
64 And The Lord shall scatter thee
among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other;
and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy
fathers have known, even wood and stone.
65 And among these nations shalt
thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but
The Lord shall give thee there a
trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind:
66 And thy life shall hang in doubt
before thee; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none
assurance of thy life:
67 In the morning thou shalt say,
Would God it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were
morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and
for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.
68 And The Lord shall bring thee
into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I spake unto thee,
Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall be sold unto your
enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no man shall buy you.
(See also,
Zephaniah 1:1-18)
Such was the
warning The Lord gave His people, if they choose to go away from Him.
Israel, promised
blessings if obedient to The Lord:
Deuteronomy
28:1-15 KJV Blessings for Obedience
1 And it shall come to pass, if thou
shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of The Lord Thy God, to
observe and to do all His commandments which I command thee this day,
that The Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the
earth:
2 And all these blessings
shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the
voice of The Lord Thy God.
3 Blessed shalt thou be in
the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.
4 Blessed shall be the fruit
of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy
cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.
5 Blessed shall be thy basket
and thy store.
6 Blessed shalt thou be when
thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out.
7 The Lord shall cause thine enemies
that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall
come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways.
8 The Lord shall command the
blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou
settest thine hand unto; and He shall bless thee in the land
which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
9 The Lord shall establish thee an
holy people unto Himself, as He hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt
keep the commandments of The Lord Thy God, and walk in His ways.
10 And all people of the earth shall
see that thou art called by the name of The Lord; and they shall be
afraid of thee.
11 And The Lord shall make thee
plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy
cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which The Lord
sware unto thy fathers to give thee.
12 The Lord shall open unto thee His
good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in His
season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend
unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.
13 And The Lord shall make thee the
head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt
not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of The
Lord thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do
them:
14 And thou shalt not go aside from
any of The Words which I command thee this day, to the right hand, or
to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.
You may say, I'm a
Christian, and nothing happens the way I want it to.
And yet as
Christian people, we know...
Romans 8:28 KJV
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.
LIFE'S
WEAVING
My life is but a
weaving
between my God and
me;
I may not choose
the colors,
He knows what they
should be;
For He can view the
pattern
Upon the upper
side,
While I can see it
only
On this, the under
side.
Sometimes He
weaveth sorrow,
Which seemeth
strange to me;
But I will trust
His judgment;
And work on
faithfully;
'Tis He who fills
the shuttle,
He knows just what
is best;
So I shall weave in
earnest
And leave with Him
the rest.
At last, when life
is ended,
With Him I shall
abide,
Then I may view the
pattern
Upon the upper
side;
Then I shall know
the reason
Why pain with joy
entwined,
Was woven in the
fabric
Of life that God
designed.
Unknown author
Life if full of
testing and trial, but we do not go through life alone!
Hebrews 4:14-16
NLT Christ Is Our High Priest
14 So then, since we have A Great
High Priest who has entered heaven,
Jesus The Son Of God, let us hold
firmly to what we believe.
15 This High Priest of ours
understands our weaknesses, for He faced all of the same testings we
do, yet He did not sin.
16 So let us come boldly to the
throne of our gracious God. There we will receive His mercy, and we
will find grace to help us when we need it most.
Hebrews 13:5 KJV
"...For He hath said, I will
never leave thee, nor forsake thee."
Revelation 21:4
KJV
And God shall wipe away all tears
from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow,
nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former
things are passed away.
There's
No Disappointment In Heaven
There’s no
disappointment in Heaven,
No weariness,
sorrow or pain;
No hearts that are
bleeding and broken,
No song with a
minor refrain.
The clouds of our
earthly horizon
Will never appear
in the sky,
For all will be
sunshine and gladness,
With never a sob or
a sigh.
Refrain
I’m bound for
that beautiful city,
My Lord has
prepared for His own;
Where all the
redeemed of all ages
Sing “Glory!”
around the white throne;
Sometimes I grow
homesick for Heaven,
And the glories
I there shall behold;
What a joy that
will be when my Savior I see,
In that
beautiful city of gold.
We’ll never pay
rent for our mansion,
The taxes will
never come due,
Our garments will
never grow threadbare,
But always be
fadeless and new,
We’ll never be
hungry or thirsty,
Nor languish in
poverty there,
For all the rich
bounties of Heaven
His sanctified
children will share.
Refrain
There’ll never be
crepe on the doorknob,
No funeral train in
the sky;
No graves on the
hillsides of glory,
For there we shall
nevermore die.
The old will be
young there forever,
Transformed in a
moment of time;
Immortal we’ll
stand in His likeness,
The stars and the
sun to outshine.
Refrain
Words: Frederick
M. Lehman, 1914; he wrote these words in Chicago, Illinois, while
suffering financial reverses.
Music: Frederick M.
Lehman, harmony by his daughter Claudia L. Mays
Hear the music,
copy and past the following URL into your web browser, and hit enter.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSZHRnxk-Ck
Prayer:
John 6:37,47 KJV
37 “...him that cometh to Me I
will in no wise cast out.”
47 Verily, verily, I say unto you,
He that believeth on Me hath everlasting life.
'Acts 2:21 KJV
“And it shall come to pass, that
whosoever shall call on the name of The Lord shall be saved.”