“I will never leave you nor forsake you” Heb 13:5b (ESV). Sometimes when things go wrong and we are not feeling God’s comfort it is easy for thoughts to come in that God is not really paying attention to us. We wonder if we did something wrong, or if God is just letting us suffer with no help, or if there is something wrong with us so that we are disconnected from God. But this verse promises us that God will not leave us and he will not push us away. Of course, other passages explain that he is displeased with us if we are persistently sinning without repentance. Otherwise, he is there and caring and the suffering will have a benefit if we let it. (Heb. 12:10-11). Our responsibility is to trust His word even though it is dark. One day we will see the good that comes out of it.
God will not leave us because he does not stop loving us. Remember these famous words from Romans 8:
For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 8:38-39, ESV)
Therefore, we can be confident that God will not leave us!
When things are difficult are you able to believe that God will not leave us? He will not leave you?
