When God seems to disappear from your life!

“My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?
Why are You so far from helping Me,
And from the words of My groaning?” Psalm 22:1

These words were spoken by Jesus just before He died and by David when he was going through a very tumultuous time. Neither men could see any light!

These men were expressing a deep feeling of sadness and loneliness because they felt God had abandoned them. They both cried out to God asking why He was so far away and not responding to their pleas for help.

They both loved God with all their heart and wanted to please Him in every aspect of their lives. They lived for God but felt like He had rejected them.

The question becomes why does God seem to drop off the earth when you are in a dire situation? The answer is He will never leave you and is right beside you at all times. God doesn’t think like a human and His ways are different than yours. The idea of what is right and what is the wrong action during a crisis is different to God.

When you step out to serve God with all your heart, you should expect to feel deserted by God at times. The times in your life when God seems distant are designed by Him for you to walk by faith without any evidence of His provision in your life. You are literally living on His Word and believing in His power and dominion over all things in heaven and earth.

God greatly rewarded both of these men for their steadfast faith and praise to God through a very tumultuous situation. Jesus is seated at the right side of the throne of God and has been given power and dominion over all things. David became a great king with riches, respect, adoration from all of Israel.

So when you feel alone and abandoned by God, reach out to Him with praise and thankfulness! He is with you even though you can’t see Him. Never give up on God!