Disillusionment means having no more misconceptions, false
impressions, and false judgments in life; it means being free from these
deceptions. However, though no longer deceived, our experience of
disillusionment may actually leave us cynical and overly critical in our
judgment of others. But the disillusionment that comes from God brings
us to the point where we see people as they really are, yet without any
cynicism or any stinging and bitter criticism. Many of the things in
life that inflict the greatest injury, grief, or pain, stem from the
fact that we suffer from illusions. We are not true to one another as facts, seeing each other as we really are; we are only true to our misconceived ideas of one another. According to our thinking, everything is either delightful and good, or it is evil, malicious, and cowardly.
Refusing to be disillusioned is the cause of much of the suffering of
human life. And this is how that suffering happens— if we love someone,
but do not love God, we demand total perfection and righteousness from
that person, and when we do not get it we become cruel and vindictive;
yet we are demanding of a human being something which he or she cannot
possibly give. There is only one Being who can completely satisfy to the
absolute depth of the hurting human heart, and that is the Lord Jesus
Christ. Our Lord is so obviously uncompromising with regard to every
human relationship because He knows that every relationship that is not
based on faithfulness to Himself will end in disaster. Our Lord trusted
no one, and never placed His faith in people, yet He was never
suspicious or bitter. Our Lord’s confidence in God, and in what God’s
grace could do for anyone, was so perfect that He never despaired, never
giving up hope for any person. If our trust is placed in human beings,
we will end up despairing of everyone.
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