SHAKEN BUT NOT FORSAKEN

Praise the Lord, and to God be all the glory. I pray that all that are reading this are enjoying Gods’ blessing, but even as I write these words I know that there are Christians out there that feel that they have somehow been separated or even forsaken by God. This is not abnormal. Many believers go through such periods, even Jesus Himself had a moment of pain and doubt as He hung on the cross and cried out “, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?” which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?(see Mark 15:34)
Jesus was able to go on and complete His mission because He knew in His heart that His father would never leave Him because God promised He wouldn’t. The same promise that was made to Jesus was also made to us. God said “my people perish for the lack of knowledge.”(Hosea 4:6) I just want to share with you just a few of the scriptures in the bible where God promises that He would never leave us or forsake us. God gave us his word so that we can use it to empower ourselves in our walk on this earth.
Deuteronomy 31:6 - Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he [it is] that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.

Hebrews 13:5 - [Let your] conversation [be] without covetousness; [and be] content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

Joshua 1:9 - Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God [is] with thee whithersoever thou goest.

Romans 8:28 - And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to [his] purpose. 

1 Chronicles 28:20 - And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage, and do [it]: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the LORD God, [even] my God, [will be] with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house of the LORD.

Those are just a few of the scriptures God has given us in His word to let us know that He never leaves us or forsakes us. We as believers have to stand on His word and not allow circumstances or fear cause us to doubt whether God is with us in any situation we may find ourselves in. It is the enemy who tries to bring fear and doubt into our lives but Got tells us in 2nd Timothy 1:7 - For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
Even in our darkest moments, when there seems to be no one there to help us we who call ourselves, Disciples, believers and followers of Christ, must grab hold of Gods’ word believing that He who said it will carry out and keep His promises. That is the hallmark of those that are called out to be His. Remember God gave us His word, and His Son the “living word” to let us know that His promises are real.
I hope this will give you a little something to hold onto whenever the enemy seems to be coming in like a flood. I'd like to leave you with the following scripture from Romans chapter 8,  35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
AMEN.
             God Bless You All, Brother Darrell, Speaking Off The Wall