Lk.5:2
He noticed two fishing boats at the water’s edge, with the fishermen nearby, rinsing their nets.
Once in a while even as children of God, there are times when some things we so desire, pray and work hard for do get to be delivered to us even though we are more than qualified
and prepared for it, we might then develop a feeling of lethargy both physically and spiritually because in our minds we focus on the “failure”. I understand that it is natural to so
feel, however, I do not agree that anyone should become so drained of their confidence in oneself and particularly with God.
Many times those disappointment are actually God’s way of either moving us to something better or helping us to find our purpose in life, and rather than sit mourning the loss, arise,
and be encouraged in the Lord and your ability (1Sam. 30:6), like David, channel that energy into new and creative thinking that will change the course of your life for the better
permanently.
When Peter and his fishermen colleagues with all their expertise returned from a failed expedition, they were disappointed and discouraged, so much they could not go home
because they were failures. However, nobody can call you a failure if God has not and if you did not agree with their categorisation of your life! By the end of that day, Peter not only
became hugely successful in his business, he found the real meaning of his life…..Fisher of men(Lk.5:10.
Beloved, that disappointment is for a reason, it could be that God does not want a man to take glory over your life ( like the man at the pool side for 38 years, he was disappointed by
family and friends, even by his own strength, all abandoned him – John 5:7), or maybe, He wants to change the course of your life to something more meaningful – imagine if Peter had
been successful in his expedition, he would have either gone home or busy selling his catch that he would not have had time for Jesus.
The word of God for somebody reading this devotional is in Eze.30:15 “And I will pour my fury upon Sin, the strength of Egypt; and I will cut off the multitude of
No.” From this day, you will never be refused what will give you joy. Your jib is to ensure that your pour your anger on anything called sin, abstain from whatever can contaminate your life.
Let that disappointment become a fuel, make you stronger in your walk with God and selfdiscovery, it was until David was disappointed by the people he had moulded into great men( they wanted to stone him), that his ingenuity came to the fore, use every disappointment as elixir that will speed up the manifestation of God’s endowment on your life. Focus on God alone, He has the final say and gives to His own all the things they need (Matt.6:33).
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