Psalm 10:1 (NASB) Why do you stand so far off, O LORD, and hide yourself in time of trouble?
Have you ever felt that God was far away—absent—even out to get you? In the Old Testament reading for today, Job cries, “…the arrows of the Almighty are in me…the terrors of God are arrayed against me” (Job 6:4).
There have been times when I felt God was nowhere to be found. God wasn’t lost; I was. God was somewhere out there—just not with me. There have been times even when it seemed that terrors were arrayed against me.
I am a veteran of the Vietnam War. What an awful mess that was. I have been down to my last dollar. I have lost our home because of poor business decisions. I have spent time in jail. I have been near death. I have lost many things but never my faith.
Somehow a gracious and forgiving God keeps picking me up, dusting me off, and putting me back on the path. Oh, it doesn’t happen overnight. I get to wallow in self-pity for a while. But dear friend, never doubt that God is near, however it may seem at the moment. And never doubt that you are loved.
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