Every fact that the disciples stated was right, but the conclusions
they drew from those facts were wrong. Anything that has even a hint of
dejection spiritually is always wrong. If I am depressed or burdened, I
am to blame, not God or anyone else. Dejection stems from one of two
sources— I have either satisfied a lust or I have not had it satisfied.
In either case, dejection is the result. Lust means “I must
have it at once.” Spiritual lust causes me to demand an answer from God,
instead of seeking God Himself who gives the answer. What have I been
hoping or trusting God would do? Is today “the third day” and He has
still not done what I expected? Am I therefore justified in being
dejected and in blaming God? Whenever we insist that God should give us
an answer to prayer we are off track. The purpose of prayer is that we
get ahold of God, not of the answer. It is impossible to be well
physically and to be dejected, because dejection is a sign of sickness.
This is also true spiritually. Dejection spiritually is wrong, and we
are always to blame for it.
We look for visions from heaven and for earth-shaking events to see
God’s power. Even the fact that we are dejected is proof that we do
this. Yet we never realize that all the time God is at work in our
everyday events and in the people around us. If we will only obey, and
do the task that He has placed closest to us, we will see Him. One of
the most amazing revelations of God comes to us when we learn that it is
in the everyday things of life that we realize the magnificent deity of
Jesus Christ.
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