When Dreams Can’t Come True

Speaker- Trevor Heyd

“Then David said to all his officials who were with him in Jerusalem, “Come! We must flee​, or
none of us will escape from Absalom. We must leave immediately​, or he will move quickly to
overtake us and bring ruin on us and put the city to the sword​.”  2 Samuel 15:14 (NIV)
Where is God?
What’s the point?
Why even try?
“Zadok was there, too, and all the Levites who were with him were carrying the ark of the
covenant of God​.“ 2 Samuel 15:24 (NIV)
“Then the king said to Zadok, “Take the ark of God back​ into the city. If I find favor in the Lord’s
eyes, he will bring me back​ and let me see it and his dwelling place again. But if he says, ‘I am
not pleased with you,’ then I am ready​; let him do to me whatever seems good to him​.” 2 Samuel 15:25-26 (NIV)
He chose not​ to abandon God when It appeared​ that God abandoned him.
The foundation of our faith is not ​answered prayer. It is not in a Happily Ever After​ ending.
It’s always a mistake to wrap our faith in God around the fulfillment​ of our dreams or even the
answers to our prayers.
Dreams that don’t​ come true & prayers that don’t​ get answered say nothing​ about the
presence or the goodness or the faithfulness of God.