Spiritual warfare: Collection of Faith in the News Articles

4 Things You Can Do When You Feel Far From God.

1. Dive into His Word

There is nothing like getting into the Word of God to get the Word of God into you. There is real power in God's Word (Rom 1:16; 1st Cor 1:18). God's promise about His Word is that "shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty" and "it shall accomplish that which I purpose and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it" (Isaiah 55:11). Don't feel close to God? Get into His Word for there you'll find Him.

2. Cling to His Promises

When we feel that we're far from God, ask yourself this question; "Who went where?" It wasn't that God is far...we may feel that He is but the truth is that human feelings are very unreliable and one of the shallowest of all human emotions. Our feelings can betray and but God's promises never will. God promises "if we are faithless, he remains faithful-for he cannot deny himself" (2nd Tim 2:13). He has said that "I will never leave you nor forsake you" (Heb 13:5b).

3. Feelings versus Truth

I touched on this earlier but our feelings and God's truth are not even close as God's Word is always true but our feelings can be true or false. If we say "I feel" or "it feels like" we are neglecting what God's Word says. God's truth doesn't depend on human feelings but on His unchangeable nature as He Himself said, "I the Lord do not change" (Mal 3:6a).

4. Confess your Sins

When we come clean with God, we are restored to fellowship with Him. Our relationship won't be severed but our fellowship can be harmed when we fail to keep short accounts with God. In other words, when you sin, confess it immediately and tell God that you are sorry for it and move on. To keep sin unconfessed is only going to make you feel further and further away from Him. Humble yourself, confess your sins, repent of them, and then trust God Who promises "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness" (1st John 1:9).

Conclusion

If you feel that you're not close to God, remember God hasn't changed and hasn't moved...it is we who have moved away from God. He is the same yesterday, today, and forever (Heb 13:8). To me, it's comforting to know that God doesn't change with the times. His mercies are new everyday (Lam 3:23), no matter what you feel like.

(c)Pastor Jack Wellman