Those who trust in the Lord will not be disappointed. 1 Peter 2: 6

Lord, in this particular situation of ______________________, I choose to trust you. 

Did you fill in the blank?  Is there an impossible situation in your life right now?  Did you know God will not disappoint you in it?

I have lived and am living in the middle of some hard situations, and a little book with a very long title by Peggy Joyce Ruth is helping me.  In Those Who Trust In The Lord Shall Not Be Disappointed, the above statement (p. 18) is what the author has said more than 10,000 times when she is faced with the temptation to become disappointed.  And she concludes in every aspect of life, ministry, and business, she has seen God keep this covenant promise.

Chapter one is my favorite part of the book.  In it she lays out her theology based on 1 Peter 2:6-8.  It is so easy to understand.  So faith building. 

She is real.  No super human believer here.  She writes about when the Lord began to really call her to faith through this scripture.  "I remember arguing, 'But Lord, I think I do trust you, but sometimes the Word looks like it's not working and I get confused - and even disappointed - but that doesn't mean I'm not trusting you (p.16)."

I see me.  Do you see you?  She says just like fear and faith can't operate together, neither can trust and disappointment.  The tenses of the verbs are clues to how this promise works.  We trust now and lack of disappointment comes in the future. 

If we continue to trust, even in lacking of understanding, the day will come when we will not be disappointed with God.  There it is.  There it is.  The hard part.  No pity parties.  No wallowing in disappointment, Deborah.  Trust.  Trust is the "pre-requisite before we see the outcome (p. 17)."

Oh, I know what you are thinking because I thought it too.  Yeah, yeah, in heaven it will all make sense.  No, she gives example after example of God working out this absolute truth in her life.  Some took just hours others days to, yes, even years.  Why do I think so poorly of God?  He tells me He knows how to give good gifts in Matthew 7:11.

I chose to trust! 

... And I am going to read her other book, Psalm 91 God's Umbrella of Protection.