Day 42 Bible Reading
Exodus 9 & 10, Matthew 69-75, Matthew 27: 1-10, Psalm 22: 1-11
Psalm 22: 1-2 (ESV)
“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so
far from saving me, from the words of my groaning? O my God, I cry by day, but
you do not answer, and by night, but I find no rest.”
Verses 1 to 2 from Psalm 22 has probably been uttered by
every Christian at some point in their life. Christ himself quoted verse 1 from
Psalm 22 from the cross. Thoughts like these come up when we are going through
a dark season in our life, and we don’t hear an answer from God. Our patience
is stretched thin and we come to this dark place where we have the greatest doubt
in God. Our faith is being tested as we wait to hear from God. I know I have had
these thoughts many times. The only thing that saves me is when I remember how
many times God has been faithful to me and answered my prayers. I think it’s
the waiting that gets us. I was listening to a commentary on Exodus about the
plagues and scholars have said the plagues took place over a year. Moses had to
wait a long time to accomplish this first part of his mission. The silence also
gets us as well, at least it does me. If I don’t get a hint of an answer from
God, I feel abandoned. The patience and the silence engender feelings of extreme
abandonment in me. In these times, I have to cling to faith as hard as I can,
like a drowning person trying to keep above the water. But God always comes
through, even though it seems to take a long time.
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