God, where are you? Where are your promises? Where is the evidence of your word in my life? I feel abandoned, unloved, overlooked and forgotten. Like Job said “If I go to the east, you are not there; if I go to the west, I do not find you. When you are at work in the north, I do not see you; when you turn to the south, I catch no glimpse of you”. My God, why haven’t you showed up? Why haven’t you answered my prayers? God, why are you silent?
Lord, my heart is heavy and I am disappointed.
BUT, I know I can’t dwell on these questions because these are just emotions, and I cannot allow my feelings to be in the driver’s seat. In this moment, I choose to trust in your word and not my emotions. I choose to believe your promise that you are always with me, even if I don’t feel it. I choose to believe that there is nothing that I experience that can disconnect me from your love. In spite of the fact that I may not feel it, I choose to believe that I am favored, chosen, and special to you. I choose to believe that your plans for me are good and not evil. I choose to believe that you are a very present and well-proved help in times of trouble.
Lord, I may not understand what you’re doing or why I am going through this, but I still believe that you are the only God worth serving. I still believe that you are faithful and true, and this will never change.
Lord, I pray that I won’t give in to the negative feelings or allow my emotions that contradict your truth to mislead me. Please help me to always trust what I know rather than what I feel. Give me the strength and will to think about things that are true and praiseworthy. Please grant me the grace to pursue you more in this season and not pull away. As a deer panting for water, I pray for a deep longing for you on the inside. Please strengthen me with all power according to your glorious might so that I may endure and also thrive in this season of my life.
Lord, my commitment to you remains unchanged. As the Apostle Paul said, I will live my life by faith in the son of God who loved me and gave himself up for me. And so, I choose to walk by faith and not feelings. Amen!
Job 23:8-9, Deuteronomy 31:8, Hebrews 13:5, Romans 8:37-39, Psalm 5:12 , 1 Peter 2:9, Jeremiah 29:11, Psalm 46:1, Revelation 19:11, Philippians 4:8, Psalm 42:1-5, Colossians 1:11, Galatians 2:20
I hope you will be blessed and encouraged by this song.
Amen!!!!!