Then to be “dis”-illusioned is to have the truth revealed to us. But for most of us disillusionment means walking away from a circumstance hurt or angry. With this response we may never see the truth in the situation. Yes, we may see that the situation was not as it seemed. We may realize that this magical “thing” was not as grand as it once appeared. We might find out that the guy/girl was not who they said they were or who we thought they were. Or that the great and powerful “Oz” was just the voice of a little man behind a big curtain.
In the moment that I had with disillusionment, I realized that I needed to dig deeper. The biggest part of being disillusioned was recognizing that I had believed in a lie. It was my perception of what was happening that was off. I believed. I put my trust in something that wasn’t real. It was ME that needed a change of perspective. Rather than getting mad at the person that “failed” me, I needed to turn a light on what caused me to believe it in the first place.
Your heart wants to believe there is something more. You need to have something to trust in. The problem is that you must learn to distinguish the truth from the illusion. And unfortunately, Satan is the master of illusion. He started in the Garden of Eden and he hasn’t stopped since. He looks for that place in you where there is an emptiness and a longing. And then he puts up illusions all around you in the hope of getting ahold of your heart.
Disillusionment is a tool. It is the shovel to help you dig deep and uncover the root. Why did you put your faith in that person/thing/idea?
Have you ever been disillusioned with God? I have. But wait, you say. God is not an illusion. This is true. But we often project onto God who WE think He is. We set up a false god by making Him only a loving god and not One who also chastises His children. We erect a false hope in a god who wants us to be wealthy and prosperous when in reality God tells us that it is harder for rich man to get into heaven than it is for a camel to squeeze himself through the eye of a needle. So when you are disillusioned with God scrape through the layers until you find out which false god you put your faith in. I once made the statement that “I am co-dependent on a god that I created.” God does not have to live up to our illusion of the image we create Him to be. He is who HE says He is.
So if you are disillusioned in your life, be thankful. It is an opportunity. Pick up the shovel and dig. Pull back the curtain on your “wizard of Oz” and get your faith re-situated on what is real and on what is truth.