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"We were hoping that it was He who was going to
redeem Israel. Indeed, besides all this, today is the third day since these
things happened"
- Luke 24:21
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 a hold 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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