When someone leaves the room and they’ve been gone a long time, you begin to wonder of their whereabouts. When we are going through a difficult time, God can seem like He’s left the room. We can feel as though He has abandoned us - sometimes never to return.
When we look at all of the suffering in the world today, we cry ‘where is God’?! Has He really forsaken this world that He caused to be in existence?
Questions questions questions. Are there any easy answers to the questions of God’s seemingly ‘loud absence’. A term coined by John Lennox. Even Jesus felt the anguish of His Father leaving and forsaking Him when He was on the cross. Let me encourage you to read Psalm 22.
There are no easy answers. However the Bible does point us to a picture of hope. God has not forsaken His creation. From the beginning we forsook Him and His goodness. We’re actually the ones who turned our backs on Him and have been dealing with the consequences ever since.
God still longs to be in the room. He longs for us to know Him. He has made this possible more so than ever through Him sending His Son, Jesus. One of His names in the Old Testament is Emmanuel which means God with us.
We can look around at the world and see the suffering, we can look at our own lives and see the brokenness, yet God wants to be with us. In spite of everything that we and this world goes through we can have hope in the midst of it all. Ultimately all suffering will disappear one day when He returns and we will all know Him fully, There will be no loud absence, only loud presence, for He will dwell with us completely.
For now let’s trust God with whatever we face. If it seems like He’s left the room, call out, seek Him and He will be there for you as He has been there for us. God bless you.
Prayer - Thank you Lord that you have made a way for us all to know you through the death of your Son Jesus. In spite of my pain and suffering, thank you that I can still have that intimate relationship with You today. Amen
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