JESUS UNDERSTANDS YOUR DARKNESS

 

Ps. 22:1 My God, my God! Why have you forsaken me? Why do you remain so distant? Why do you ignore my cries for help?

     If you are honest, you will have to admit that there are times in which you could be the one questioning God about where He is at. Sometimes it seems like God has indeed forsaken us. There are times no matter how hard you try to believe otherwise, God seems to stay away. Prayers seem to go unanswered. You can’t seem to keep on believing and trusting. What do we do when those times come in our lives? Stay the course of faith.

     Sometimes faith demands of us blind trust. We continue to believe and trust in God because He is God. We go back to what we know to be true of Him in the light. God is incapable of changing who He is. He is absolute perfection in His love, goodness, and godliness. He is true to himself and His Word, always, no matter how we may feel about it. Our feelings do not change the facts. What we cannot see and understand God knows. God is for us and is working out good in our lives whether we believe it’s so or not. He never leaves us or forsakes us, even when we are in our darkest nights. He never stops caring for us or stops working to bring us closer to Him. He always has our best interests at heart. Always.

     Jesus understands exactly how we feel when we go through the dark times of life. He uttered these very words as He suffered on the cross for our sins. He went into the darkest three hours of created history. He was all alone as He faced the full fury of Satan’s wrath. He took away from Satan sin’s ultimate victory, eternal separation from God. Only Jesus could go there to do that. He had to go into that darkness alone because of the holiness of God. He couldn’t feel God’s presence or sense Him at all, for the only time in all of eternity.

     So the next time you enter into life’s darkness, remember that the Lord has not forsaken you. He is not far away from you. He is always near to those who call on Him. Do not doubt in the dark what you know to be true in the light. Keep on trusting Him. Keep on calling on Him. He will lead you through the darkness into His marvelous light and all will be well once again with your soul.