I am a Christian, but sometimes I can not feel God, is that normal?

With all the chaos and confusion in the world, many are wondering where God is. And although many Christians trust that God is there because he promised never to leave his people, there are some who falter in their faith because they can not feel his presence or his love.

This brings me to the question posed by the title of this article: is it normal to be a Christian and still not be able to feel God sometimes? In summary, yes.

It is normal?

As Christians we are told to live by faith and not by sight. Faith is defined in the Bible as “The certainty of what is expected, the conviction of what is not seen” (see Hebrews 11: 1). Faith goes beyond what is obvious and can be seen, as well as what it feels like.

Men and women of faith had their own moments of weakness. David, for example, had his own times. In Psalm 13 we read how he expressed his longing for God’s salvation:

1 How long, Lord? Will you forget me forever?
How long will you hide your face from me?
2 How long must I wrestle with my thoughts
and day after day have sorrow in my heart?
How long will my enemy triumph over me?

3 Look on me and answer, Lord my God.
Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep in death,
4 and my enemy will say, “I have overcome him,”
and my foes will rejoice when I fall.

Psalm 13:1-4

Even the Lord Jesus was unable to feel His Father while He hung on the cross with the weight of our sin (see Isaiah 59: 2, 53: 4-6). Consider Matthew 27:46 which says:

46 About three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli,[a] lema sabachthani?” (which means “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”).

The faith that surpasses the emotions

It is normal that Christians can not feel God sometimes. Our relationship with Him is not based on a feeling; Nor does it force us to feel it. Faith goes beyond feeling – in fact, faith must dominate what we feel.

Consider what David declared at the end of Psalm 13, after crying out for salvation:

5 But I trust in your unfailing love;
my heart rejoices in your salvation.

6 I will sing the Lord’s praise,
for he has been good to me.

Psalm 13:5-6

Consider also how the sons of Korah use their faith to fight against what they feel:9 Diré a Dios: Roca mía, ¿por qué te has olvidado de mí?

9 I say to God my Rock, “Why have you forgotten me? Why must I go about mourning, oppressed by the enemy?”
10 My bones suffer mortal agony as my foes taunt me, saying to me all day long, “Where is your God?”

11 Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him,
my Savior and my God.

Psalm 42:9-11

Trust in God, not in feelings

Friends, we must learn to trust in the Lord, not in our feelings. We may not be able to feel it sometimes, especially when we are in trouble, but He will always be there as promised.


By: christiantoday.com

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4 comments on “I am a Christian, but sometimes I can not feel God, is that normal?

  1. Yes sometimes I’m as a Christian feel the Lord is forgotten me and didn’t answering my prayers. Nevertheless I will still praise Him as my God forever. Amen.

  2. I am a Christian, but sometimes I can not feel God, is that normal?
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    The fact we are a Christian does not warrant that we will always feel God is near us—we may feel far from Him on some occasions.
    King David felt as if God had left his people and did not help them against their enemies:
    “But you have cast off, and put us to shame; and go not forth with our armies.” (Psalm 44:9).

    Isaiah denounced Israel’s sins; he said that God had hidden his face from them because they had sinned against Him.
    “But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.”
    (Isaiah 59:2)

    Therefore, the Bible teaches us that our sina makes God separate from us. He becomes sad or grieved. He wants us to give up some sin which we are reluctant to leave. We can notice that our petitions are not heard.

    As David says in the Bible, he had to confess his sin to God before God restored to him the joy of salvation.
    “I acknowledge my sin to you, and my iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions to the LORD; and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah.” (Psalm 32:5)

    Another matter is: Are we every day praying to the Lord and seeking him in all our needs? Or do we only seek God when we are afflicted—which may be a consequence of our having forgotten him, and so we don’t have fellowship with Him? If that is the case, we need to remember Jesus’s words:

    “And I say to you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you.”
    (Luke 11:9)

    We must seek the Lord with all our heart, and he will be near us and we will have fellowship with Him. If we are joined to Christ, we shall lack nothing—and, above all, we won’t be lacking in his fellowship.

    Our heavenly Father loves us and he will never abandon

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