Monday, March 30, 2020
Always There
For He Himself has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you” (Hebrews 13:5 nkjv).
I remember one of the first times, as a young believer, that I didn’t feel God’s presence. I woke up one morning and just didn’t have the great feeling I had before. And being new in the faith and not knowing the Bible very well, I thought, “I think God left me last night. What happened?”
When I talked to a Christian friend about it, he told me, “You’re going through a trial.”
“What? I’m on trial?”
“No, you’re going through a trial.”
“What’s a trial?”
My friend explained there are times in our lives when we don’t feel the presence of God, but He is still there. And in time, I came to realize that God will allow us to go through trials.
For instance, you might walk outside tomorrow, and it’s an overcast day. So, you say, “The sun was here yesterday, but I don’t see the sun today. I don't feel its warmth. I guess the sun must have gone away last night.”
No, the sun hasn’t gone away. It has been merely obscured by a cloud covering. And if you don’t believe that, then try going to the beach without wearing any sunscreen. When you return home resembling a ripe tomato, you will realize the sun was out.
In the same way, some people falsely conclude that when they don’t feel God, He is gone. He has disappeared. But He is there even when you don’t feel Him. The Bible tells us in Hebrews, “For He Himself has said, ‘I will never leave you nor forsake you’” (Hebrews 13:5 nkjv).
It is during these times that we must walk by faith, not by feeling because God has promised in His Word that He will be with us. That is how we know He is there.
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