Overcome Disappointments

 Focus on the solution. Jehovah God lovingly provided for the first human couple, yet they proved to be ungrateful and rebelled. (Genesis, chapter 2 and 3). Then their son Cain began to develop a bad attitude. Ignoring Jehovah’s warning, Cain murdered his own brother. (Genesis 4: 1-8). Can you imagine the disappointment that Jehovah felt?

 

Why did those disappointments not rob God of his happiness? Because he had purposed to fill the earth with perfect humans and he continued working to accomplish that purpose (John 5vs17) to that end, he provided a ransom sacrifice and his kingdom. (Mathew 6 vs 9, 10; Romans 5 vs18, 19) Jehovah God focused, not on the problem, but on the solution.

 

God’s word encourages us to focus on positive things rather than on what might have been or what we should have done.

Philippians 4:8 (New International Version):  8Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things

Culled form: March 1, 2008 edition of the Watchtower Magazine titled ‘You can be happy despite disappointments’. P14