Trusting God in disappointment

We all know disappointment.  Maybe you have longed for healing, work, marriage or a family.  Perhaps you have prayed and waited faithfully for weeks, or months or years, yet it seems to be without answer.  Disappointment can bring frustration and impatience and anger, we are crest fallen when the answers are not as we would like.  So what does God promise when we are disappointed?
Psalm 34:10 “The young lions suffer want and hunger; but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.”  Promises like this can be hard to hear when we are feeling disappointed.  What helped me to better understand was asking ‘what is the greatest good?’
Psalm16:2 I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you.”
Psalm 73:25 Whom have I in heaven but you? And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you.
Philippians 3:8 Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord.
So, the greatest good is God himself - knowing God in the person of Jesus Christ, not just knowing about him. When we experience God in this way, we are so full that we desire nothing else. God is the only all-satisfying good, which is why he is the greatest good.
So, if God is our greatest good, then what makes something good is whether it brings us more of God.  So being healed of a sickness can be good because it can bring us more of God by showing us his power, mercy, and goodness. But not being healed can also be good since it, too, can bring us more of God by drawing us even closer to him. 
So why am I disappointed?  When we feel disappointed by God, it’s because at that moment there’s something we’re longing for more than God; we’re not trusting in him as our all-satisfying treasure.
So, what can I do?  
Psalm 40:1-3, Come to him with your disappointment, trusting him to meet you and change your heart
1 John 1:9 Confess that you are longing for something else more than him. Ask him to forgive you through the cross. Receive assurance of complete forgiveness.
Galatians 3:5 Since the Spirit does his work through the word, find Scriptures describing God’s love, power, and majesty, and promises concerning God as your all-satisfying treasure. Pray earnestly over these Scriptures. Fight to trust them.
Hebrews 10:25 Continue to gather with other believers for encouragement.
Pray: Lord, help me to give you my disappointments, and to trust you when I don’t understand.  Help me to focus on who you are, and to always praise you, not matter what.  Amen.  
Grace & Peace
​Jen