Wait For It. God will bring you through.

He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him. But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God. John 1:11-12

If anyone should have been able to recognize the Messiah, it ought to have been the Pharisees. They knew the words of the prophets well. They had memorized much of the Old Testament. Yet they were convinced that Jesus could not have been the Messiah.

Why? Jesus didn't fit their worldview of who the Messiah should be.

We can do something very similar. We allow our emotions, circumstances, and experiences to dictate what we think about God and His goodness. When He "doesn't come through" in our timing or expected manner, we can doubt Him and His care.

God has given us His Word as the clearest description of who He is. In the Old Testament, God reveals His character -- His love, righteousness, wrath, justice, and promises. In the New Testament, God reveals Jesus -- His character in flesh.

But like the Pharisees, we can dismiss truth when God doesn't act the way we think He should. Often, we don't realize that our views of God are skewed.

God wants us to know Him for Who He is. John affirms this: "Now this is eternal life: that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent" (John 17:3).

Do you have an incorrect perception of who God is? Have you been looking at God through the lens of a lie? Ask God to help you identify these lies.

I don't have a quick and easy solution to "fix" a wrong view of God. But relying on the indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit as you engage Scripture is a big first step. A good second step is to make notes of how Jesus relates to God His Father as we read and study the Gospel of John. The relationship that the Son has given us with God the Father is similar to His own.