I bet many of you have asked the question "Why don't I feel God with me?" several times before. I know I have!
One Saturday night, I was at church and our associate pastor spoke on this. It was a message that really stuck with me. He gave 5 reasons you might possibly not feel God in your life:
1. You are over sensationalizing it. -John 6:30
Therefore they said to Him, “What sign will You perform then, that we may see it and believe You? What work will You do?
2. Distracted. -Luke 10:38-40
Now it happened as they went that He entered a certain village; and a certain woman named Martha welcomed Him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus’[a]feet and heard His word. But Martha was distracted with much serving, and she approached Him and said, “Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Therefore tell her to help me.”
3. Your heart has hardened. -Matthew 13:14-15
And in them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says:‘Hearing you will hear and shall not understand,And seeing you will see and not perceive;15 For the hearts of this people have grown dull. Their ears are hard of hearing,And their eyes they have closed,Lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears,Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn,So that I should heal them.’That it cannot save;Nor His ear heavy,That it cannot hear.
2 But your iniquities have separated you from your God;And your sins have hidden His face from you,So that He will not hear.
4. Built a wall of sin. -Isaiah 59:1-2 --(not confessing)
Behold, the Lord’s hand is not shortened,5. You don't know God. -John 7:28-Then Jesus cried out, as He taught in the temple, saying, “You both know Me, and you know where I am from; and I have not come of Myself, but He who sent Me is true, whom you do not know. But I know Him, for I am from Him, and He sent Me.”
Maybe one or several of those ideas listed above fit you right now in whatever season you're in. Understanding that is the first step to fixing the problem. But right now, here is some encouragement...
*If you don't always feel God, you're not alone!*
It's going to take FAITH to believe in Him, even when you don't feel Him. Faith pleases God.
Walking with God isn't about feelings; it's about our faith.
There are 3 "presence promises" that God gives to His followers in the Bible that could be helpful reminders to all of us as we go throughout our lives.
Presence Promises:
1. You will find God when you seek God. -Jeremiah 29:13-14 (the way it fits you! Ex. singing, walking and praying audibly, etc.)
"And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart. I will be found by you, says the Lord, and I will bring you back from your captivity; I will gather you from all the nations and from all the places where I have driven you, says the Lord, and I will bring you to the place from which I cause you to be carried away captive."
2. You can do life with God's presence. -John 14:16-17 (talking all day with God about everything in life)
"And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever— the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you."
3. You can experience God now. -Acts 17:27
"so that they should seek the Lord, in the hope that they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us"
It doesn't really matter what I feel. God will always, ALWAYS be with me.More than me feeling Him, I want Him to feel me. My heart, my praise, my worship, my longing to seek Him!<3
"It is finished!" ...it all goes back to the Cross and what He has done! Thank You Jesus!
God bless you all! <3
