Why doesn't God come through for me?

Faith Filled Thoughts
October 23rd, 2008
By Connie Ciccone
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Why doesn't God come through for me?



Scripture: Matthew 27:46 (Amplified) "Jesus cried with a loud voice, My God, My God, why have You abandoned Me - leaving Me helpless, forsaking and failing Me in My time of need?"

When Jesus was hanging on the cross, He spoke these words, quoting Psalm 22:1, which King David had spoken to God. The scripture says that David was a man after God's own heart and Jesus was God's only begotten Son. Yet both of these great men, whom God loved, found themselves in such distressing situations that they felt that God had utterly forsaken and abandoned them. In their hour of need, the One whom they loved and trusted the most had seemingly rejected them. They both found it difficult to understand why God had not come to their rescue. Their question "Why?" searched for some kind of answer about His intentions to deliver them from their painful and perplexing situations.

How many times has this small word come to our mind and even crossed our lips when we faced difficult situations? Why did I have to wreck my car, get a ticket, lose my job, get sick, or lose my mate? Why doesn't God come through for me? Why doesn't He heal me? Why is He waiting so long to deliver me? Why has He abandoned me, leaving me helpless? Why has He forsaken me in the time of my greatest need?

These questions are hard and full of reality. We don't always discern God's working or understand His purpose. It is difficult to understand why God doesn't immediately eliminate our painful situation, but it is comforting to know that we have a Savior and Friend who knows exactly where we are and how we feel. Jesus was touched by every pain and anxiety that we will ever face, and He sits on the right hand of God making intercession for us.

As our High Priest, He prays for us with feeling because He was in a place where He cried out in His own pain and distress. Hebrews 4:15 and 16 in the Message Bible says, "We don't have a priest who is out of touch with our reality. He's been through weakness and testing, experiencing it all - all but the sin. So let's walk right up to Him and get what He is so ready to give. Take the mercy and the help." Hide these words in your heart and when your time of testing comes, turn your 'WHY' into 'WHO' and look to your High Priest, Jesus.
In the final outcome, He will deliver you and give you victory.


May He Bless You and Keep You Today!

With Great Love
IN HIS SERVICE
Connie