What do you do when your prayers seem to go unheard? How are we to feel when we don’t feel God’s presence within our despair? When is God going to show up? Why do I feel so alone when his word tells me I am never alone?
All of the above are battles of our emotions!
Just because it doesn’t feel like God is listening, doesn’t mean he isn’t! Just because within our jumbled emotions and swirling thoughts we don’t feel his presence doesn’t me he isn’t present. The feeling of impatience due to God not working fast enough for you in your dilemma. The feeling of loneliness, solitude, and or confinement.
Our feelings and emotions are like the sand on the seashore; changing with each sweep of the tide, swaying to and fro moment by moment. We should never base our truths on our emotions or feelings at any given time.
What then should we do within the swirling vortex of our emotional minds?
We keep pressing into our source of light, strength, comfort, and deliverance; our Lord Jesus Christ.
Proverbs 3:5 ESV “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.”
Psalm 37:4-6 ESV. “Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord; and trust in him, and he will act. He will bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your justice as the noonday.”
Psalm 9:10 ESV. “And those who know your name put their trust in you, for you, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you.”
Joshua 1:9 ESV. “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”
Jeremiah 29:11 ESV “For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.”
Jeremiah 17:7-8 ESV “Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord. He is like a tree planted by water, that sends out its roots by the stream and does not fear when heat comes, for its leaves remain green, and are not anxious in the year of drought, for it does not cease to bear fruit.”
And there it is in a nutshell! Those who trust in the Lord are like a tree planted by fresh water! We are planted in the living water of Jesus Christ! We are shaded and protected by his bright beautiful green leaves. We trust him to always be our source of life therefore we do not need to fear when the heat gets turned up or the possible threat of a drought arises. Through Him and his strength, we shall always bear fruit if we always stay attached to the vine which is our Lord Jesus Christ.
So, when we don’t feel like God is there, or we don’t feel like he’s listening, remind yourself this is only but a passing feeling and let it pass!
Be blessed today! ☺️❤️☀️
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