People Let You Down

It seems like no matter how wonderful or how perfect you think the person is, people always tend to let you down. Friends and loved ones will hurt you, spouses will fail you, your church will let you down and co-workers will betray you. Even pastors and the people you look up to will often times let you down just as much. I don't think people set out to be bad or intentionally work to do you wrong. It seems people naturally drift toward the wrong thing, people naturally tend to think of self before others. People make bad decisions that hurt those around us and if we are honest we're not the only ones being let down, we are doing some of the letting down ourselves. We are all very broken people...

All of us crave that person who can be relied on no matter what and never disappoint. Through pain and heartache we look for someone who will always be there. I'm reminded of a quote from Jonathan Edwards. On his deathbed, he told his children that he hoped his absence would cause them to look to a Father that they would never have to worry about losing. Maybe God brings these moments in our lives where we feel alone, hurt or like people have let us down, so we might look to the one who will never let us down. The deep longing for fellowship, that our hearts were made for, could only be satisfied in Jesus.

“I will never leave you nor forsake you.” - Hebrews 13:5

"I am with you always, to the end of the age.” - Matthew 28:20

"Rejoice not over me, O my enemy;
when I fall, I shall rise;
when I sit in darkness,
the Lord will be a light to me."
-Micah 7:8

"Where shall I go from your Spirit?
Or where shall I flee from your presence?
If I ascend to heaven, you are there!
If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there!
If I take the wings of the morning
and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
even there your hand shall lead me,
and your right hand shall hold me.
If I say, “Surely the darkness shall cover me,
and the light about me be night,”
even the darkness is not dark to you;
the night is bright as the day,
for darkness is as light with you."
-Psalm 139:7-12