I don’t know where life may be defeating you this Advent. I don’t know how Jesus may be disappointing you this Advent.

But I would suggest to you this Advent that any disillusionment you feel may not necessarily be a bad thing.

For what is disillusionment if not, literally, the loss of an illusion? And, in the long run, it is never a bad thing to lose the lies we have mistaken for the truth.

Did Jesus fail to come when you rubbed the lantern?
Then perhaps Jesus is not a genie.

Did Jesus fail to punish your enemies?
Then perhaps Jesus is not a cop.

Did Jesus fail to make everything run smoothly?
Then perhaps Jesus is not a mechanic.

Over and over again, our disappointments draw us deeper and deeper into
who Jesus really is … and what Jesus really does.

Thanks  to William A. Ritter

This reflection reframes disappointment as a form of Advent grace.

It reminds us that when our false expectations of Jesus fall away, we are not left with less faith, but with truer faith. By stripping Jesus of the roles we try to assign Him — genie, cop, mechanic — it clears space for an encounter rather than control.

What remains is not a God who fixes on demand, but a Savior who stays, teaches, and transforms us from the inside out. Is this YOUR idea of who Jesus Is?

WHEN GOD DECIDES TO BLESS YOU, GOD WILL CAUSE SITUATIONS TO COME TOGETHER IN YOUR FAVOR…..NO MATTER WHAT OTHERS TRY TO DO!

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