Feeling Forgotten

You didn’t choose me. I chose you. I appointed you to go and produce lasting fruit, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask for, using my name.”

John 15:16 NLT

The pain that comes from feeling forgotten by God is extremely hard to bear. You can go from trying to maintain the bit of faith you have left to completely rejecting faith, because trying to ‘keep the faith’ becomes a reminder of all the things you do not have. 

Have you ever sacrificed, fasted and prayed and God seemingly didn’t come thru and you felt abandoned and forgotten?

Even though we can feel forgotten by God, is He even capable of forgetting us?

14 “Yet Jerusalem says, “The Lord has deserted us; the Lord has forgotten us.” 15 “Never! Can a mother forget her nursing child? Can she feel no love for the child she has borne? But even if that were possible, I would not forget you!”

Isaiah 49:14-15 NLT

Therefore it is impossible for God to forget you. It is not in His nature and who He is will not allow Him to do so. You can trust His word beyond what you feel, because He is a God who exalts His word above His name. So although we may feel abandoned by God at times, we never actually are.

The feeling, however, is not meant to be ignored. That feeling of abandonment is an opportunity for us to experience His presence and sovereignty over our lives in ways that we are not used to.