“My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?” (Psalm 42:3)
When we are experiencing deep sorrow, loneliness, and spiritual anguish, tears become like our daily food and we cannot escape the grief.
Suffering does not only come from within; people around us also question our faith.
“Where is thy God?”
That question can be extremely painful when someone is already going through a difficult season. It is almost as though the circumstances are being used as evidence against God’s presence.
Such questions does not mean that God has abandoned us.
Sometimes we may cry because we cannot see what God is doing.
Sometimes we may pray and seemingly receive no answer.
Sometimes people may look at our situation and say, “Where is your God now?”
But the silence of God is not the absence of God.
God may be working in places we cannot yet see.
“Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning” (Psalm 30:5).
Don’t allow what you see around you to determine what you believe about the God you cannot yet see.
Your tears may be real, but God is real too.
Your battle may be real, but God’s faithfulness is greater.
Your night may be long, but God has not forgotten you.
“Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance” (Psalm 42:5).
Though pain is heavy now, your voice will rise in praise.
Though paths are hidden now, your trust will find His ways.
Though sleep claims quiet now, your soul will worship still.
Though dawn is silent now, your heart will hope His will.
Be not discouraged. when your soul feels cast down, speak to it as the psalmist did:
“My soul, hope in God. This is not the end of my story. I shall yet praise Him.”
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