God's Faithfulness · Kingdom Culture

God's Faithfulness

One of the hardest seasons of faith is not necessarily when everything is going wrong. Sometimes it is when you have prayed, waited, sought God, opened your Bible, asked for direction, and still feel as though you cannot hear Him.

We can become so accustomed to associating God's presence with a feeling that when the feeling disappears, we begin wondering whether His presence disappeared with it.

David repeatedly wrote from places where God seemed distant. In Psalm 13, he asks, How long, LORD? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?

Despite this, David's psalm eventually declares his trust in God's mercy.

Biblical faith is continuing to trust the character of God when your emotions cannot presently confirm what you know to be true.

There will be seasons when God comforts you through overwhelming awareness of His presence, and there will be seasons when obedience looks like opening your Bible again tomorrow even though today's reading did not produce some enormous emotional experience.

Both are faithfulness.

Sometimes spiritual maturity looks less like feeling God everywhere and more like knowing Him well enough that you continue walking when you cannot feel Him at all.

Have you ever gone through a season where God felt quiet? What did He teach you through it?

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God's Faithfulness