“Stop using someone else’s highlight reel as evidence that God forgot about you” | Eric Saunders

If you're going to endure the Christian If you're going to endure the Christian life, life, life, if you're going to walk with God by if you're going to walk with God by if you're going to walk with God by faith, you better watch out for faith, you better watch out for faith, you better watch out for comparison. You better watch out for it comparison. You better watch out for it comparison. You better watch out for it because comparison will have you using because comparison will have you using because comparison will have you using other people's lives as evidence that other people's lives as evidence that other people's lives as evidence that God forgot about you. God forgot about you. God forgot about you. how easy it us how easy it is for us to how easy it us how easy it is for us to how easy it us how easy it is for us to to to be online and look at our friends to to be online and look at our friends to to be online and look at our friends photos, their engagement photos or their photos, their engagement photos or their photos, their engagement photos or their or or or their baby photos or their or or or their baby photos or their or or or their baby photos or their vacation photos and we present it to God vacation photos and we present it to God vacation photos and we present it to God as evidence that God forgot about us. as evidence that God forgot about us. as evidence that God forgot about us. For how many of us how how easy it is to For how many of us how how easy it is to For how many of us how how easy it is to look at our peers promotions, their home look at our peers promotions, their home look at our peers promotions, their home purchases, their lives, and use it to purchases, their lives, and use it to purchases, their lives, and use it to God as evidence that he somehow forgot God as evidence that he somehow forgot God as evidence that he somehow forgot about us. and we end up allowing about us. and we end up allowing about us. and we end up allowing comparison to cause us to put God on comparison to cause us to put God on comparison to cause us to put God on trial. trial. trial. I want you to stay with me for a second. I want you to stay with me for a second. I want you to stay with me for a second. Listen, there's a difference between Listen, there's a difference between Listen, there's a difference between expressing your disappointment to God expressing your disappointment to God expressing your disappointment to God and bringing charges against God.

and bringing charges against God. and bringing charges against God. Listen, God is so good Listen, God is so good Listen, God is so good that you are free to bring your that you are free to bring your that you are free to bring your disappointment to him. disappointment to him. disappointment to him. The Psalm says, "Trust in the Lord at The Psalm says, "Trust in the Lord at The Psalm says, "Trust in the Lord at all times. Pour out your heart to him all times. Pour out your heart to him all times. Pour out your heart to him that God is a refuge to you." You can that God is a refuge to you." You can that God is a refuge to you." You can pour out your heart to God. God already pour out your heart to God. God already pour out your heart to God. God already knows what's in your heart. God already knows what's in your heart. God already knows what's in your heart. God already knows your disappointment. You can pour knows your disappointment. You can pour knows your disappointment. You can pour out your heart to him. You are free to out your heart to him. You are free to out your heart to him. You are free to be honest. be honest. be honest. You can say, "God, I don't understand You can say, "God, I don't understand You can say, "God, I don't understand what you're doing." You can say, "God, I what you're doing." You can say, "God, I what you're doing." You can say, "God, I don't get why this hurts so bad." You don't get why this hurts so bad." You don't get why this hurts so bad." You can say, "God, I don't understand why can say, "God, I don't understand why can say, "God, I don't understand why this person has what I want and I don't this person has what I want and I don't this person has what I want and I don't have it." We have a whole category of have it." We have a whole category of have it." We have a whole category of scripture called the Psalms of lament. scripture called the Psalms of lament. scripture called the Psalms of lament. And lament is when you express your And lament is when you express your And lament is when you express your disappointment with God. But catch this. disappointment with God. But catch this. disappointment with God. But catch this. This is what's good about lament. Lament This is what's good about lament. Lament This is what's good about lament. Lament gives you the ability to express your gives you the ability to express your gives you the ability to express your disappointment with God while still disappointment with God while still disappointment with God while still trusting God. Right? You know, in trusting God. Right? You know, in trusting God. Right? You know, in lament, you can declare, "God, listen, I lament, you can declare, "God, listen, I lament, you can declare, "God, listen, I don't understand what you're doing." don't understand what you're doing." don't understand what you're doing." But just because I don't understand what But just because I don't understand what But just because I don't understand what you're doing, doesn't mean that you you're doing, doesn't mean that you you're doing, doesn't mean that you don't have a reason for why you're doing don't have a reason for why you're doing don't have a reason for why you're doing what you're doing. You're wise and I'm what you're doing. You're wise and I'm what you're doing. You're wise and I'm not.