When I was a child, I thought God had abandoned me. Sometimes, when the going gets tough, still, I might feel that God is not on my side.
How many of us had been through this kind of situation?
Abandoned by parents, siblings, boyfriend or girlfriend, friends, someone we trust, or most especially God.
How do the Israelites react when they were mistreated or felt abandoned by God?
They cried out to God. Wouldn’t that be a good example for us to follow? Cry out to God in every difficult situation?
This is a reminder for me right now because I am experiencing a tough situation with my chronic illness, and I need every help that I could get from God to tackle the unwanted battle. To hold near to him and trust him that it will be all right no matter what.
Maybe we don’t feel abandoned by God, but the other way around. We cast him aside. His teaching, his calling, his words, and guidance. We want to be the boss of our own lives. We are not a slave of somebody, but slaves of ourselves. The enemy tempts us, probably. Like he tempted Eve in the Garden of Eden. God is calling us, but our ears won’t listen because we are trapped by our own desires. Slaves of this world and our own desires that do not bring glory to God’s name and pollute our bodies and soul. Making our lives a mess.
Whatever it might be, we can cry out to God. Remember that He is willing to listen and help us if we seek Him with all our heart, soul, and spirit.
God’s rescue doesn’t always come the moment we want it. God had promised to bring the Hebrew slaves out of Egypt ( Genesis 15:16, 46:3,4). The people had waited a long time for the promise to be fulfilled, but God rescued them when he knew the right time had come. God knows the best time to act. When we feel that God has forgotten us in our troubles, we should remember that God has a time schedule we couldn’t see.
Remember God is concerned about us, we only need to wait and trust.
