Yeah, big time.
I find God does this intentionally to help me see my real motivation. Even some of things I may do ‘for the Lord’ can have a shadow mission of ‘making me look good’ or ‘making me feel better about myself’. And that boundary can be so subtle I may not even realise that I am doing it. It’s like God asks, ‘If I remove such and such benefit from what you do, will you still do it with the same heart?’
Am I getting upset for the Lord, or be angry because I don’t get the respond I wanted? Maybe that’s why God at times frustrates my plan, so I can GET IT, that it’s NOT about me but about GOD. He concerns more about the humility than the immediate success of my plan.
Bottom line, he shows me that He is the God, and I’m not.
