“Jesus did not commit Himself to them …, for He knew what was in man” (John 2:24–25).
Disillusionment means having no more misconceptions, false impressions,
and false judgments in life; it means being free from these deceptions.
However, though no longer deceived, our experience of disillusionment may
actually leave us cynical and overly critical in our judgment of others. But
the disillusionment that comes from God brings us to the point where we see
people as they really are, yet without any cynicism or any stinging and bitter
criticism. Many of the things in life that inflict the greatest injury, grief,
or pain, stem from the fact that we suffer from illusions. We are not true to
one another as facts, seeing each other as we really are; we are
only true to our misconceived ideas of one another. According to
our thinking, everything is either delightful and good, or it is evil,
malicious, and cowardly.
Refusing to be disillusioned
is the cause of much of the suffering of human life. And this is how that
suffering happens—if we love someone, but do not love God, we demand total
perfection and righteousness from that person, and when we do not get it we
become cruel and vindictive; yet we are demanding of a human being something
which he or she cannot possibly give. There is only one Being who can
completely satisfy to the absolute depth of the hurting human heart, and that
is the Lord Jesus Christ. Our Lord is so obviously uncompromising with regard to
every human relationship because He knows that every relationship that is not
based on faithfulness to Himself will end in disaster. Our Lord trusted no one,
and never placed His faith in people, yet He was never suspicious or bitter.
Our Lord’s confidence in God, and in what God’s grace could do for anyone, was
so perfect that He never despaired, never giving up hope for any person. If our
trust is placed in human beings, we will end up despairing of everyone.
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