This morning on my way into the office I tuned into a radio station and heard an artist sing these words, "I pray to a God I don't believe in." I have to admit that many years ago, while going through a particularly difficult period of time, I could have penned those exact words.
What feeds this uncertainty? How is that people who once "believed" find themselves in a state of unbelief? The issue may be that we may not have a strong theology or understanding of suffering. We equate the blessing of God, the nearness of God and the faithfulness of God with personal prosperity, favor, success or achievement. When things take reversals be it financial, health, or our success turns to failure we assume God has gone somewhere else to live.
Let me encourage you, if you are reading this and life is not anywhere near where you would dream of it being that it is highly unlikely that your suffering is because God has turned His back on you, or that He no longer loves you. You are not alone when you have to deal with doubt and uncertainty. As I read the scriptures it is in in the depths of despair that many found God to be most real, relevant and near. It is in those times many doubted His presence only to later discover that the words are true, "I will never leave you nor forsake you."
