The betrayal and disappointment they felt was real, but the promises they thought he’d broken were not real. In their minds, they’d made a bargain with God that they’d do something he wanted if he would do something they wanted in return. But there’s a big difference between a bargain that we initiate and a promise that is found in God’s Word. As gently as I could, I would help them see that their disappointment didn’t come from God breaking a promise but from their own false expectations. They expected God to do what they wanted him to do, to be obedient to their commands. When he wasn’t,
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