Tuesday 7 May 2024

When I Feel...Let Down By God



Last month, I shared a poem called, "When I Feel....Let Down By Others" from my, "When I Feel..." series. This month, I thought I would tackle the difficult emotion, "When I Feel...Let Down By God."

This can be a challenging feeling to admit to or address. The comforting thing to consider is, nothing surprises God and He already knows if we're struggling in this way. He understands our struggles and is able to help us process these tricky thoughts and feelings.

If we feel let down by God today, I pray these verses can bring reassurance and guidance in our situation as we bring everything before His Throne of grace. May we choose, in this troubling time to not let these circumstances drive us away from the One who can help us but rather run into His arms of compassion.

"When I feel let down by Jesus, when I feel He didn’t come through,
When it seems He failed to act on all the things I thought He’d do,
When my expectation shatters and I cannot understand
Why my Saviour didn’t rescue, in the way I’d thought and planned…

When such ghastly circumstances seem to state that God’s unjust,
Mercilessly marching o’er the hallowed ground of faith and trust,
When these storms of tribulation fill my mind with fear and doubt,
This is when I must recall that Heaven’s Light does not go out.

Through these trials there are lessons, though I simply seek relief;
I can gain more understanding or be led to unbelief.
I can choose to grow in valour or surrender in defeat.
I can cling to every promise, armour up and not retreat!

I can choose to trust in Jesus, knowing He is faithful, still.
Let surrender only come when bowing to my Saviour’s will!
When I’m tempest-tossed and weary, may I run to Christ once more.
He is still my loyal Shepherd, guarding me, like times before.

When the devil’s whispers threaten, may they all be put to shame!
May I slay them with the Truth and stand upon Messiah’s name!
Planted on the Rock of Ages, may my hope be found in Him.
Ever-worthy to be trusted! Praise my awesome King of kings!"


Job 13:15
“Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him.”

Isaiah 55:8-9
“For My thoughts are not your thoughts,
Nor are your ways My ways,” says the Lord. 
“For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
So are My ways higher than your ways,
And My thoughts than your thoughts.”

Lamentations 3:22-26
“Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed,
Because His compassions fail not.
They are new every morning;
Great is Your faithfulness. 
“The Lord is my portion,” says my soul,
“Therefore I hope in Him!”
The Lord is good to those who wait for Him,
To the soul who seeks Him. 
It is good that one should hope and wait quietly
For the salvation of the Lord.”

Heart Check

Do I currently feel let down by Jesus? Am I disappointed with the way certain situations have turned out and feel like God hasn’t come through for me?
Have I considered the option that God is perhaps doing things behind the scenes, working on my behalf?
Do I believe the words of Romans 8:28? The verse reads,

“And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.”

Do I think that God is only good when life is going smoothly and in the way that I would like? Do I allow difficult circumstances to draw me closer to God or push me away?
Have I felt let down by God in the past, only to see how His wisdom protected me from something that wouldn’t have been beneficial for me? When I remember God’s faithfulness in the past, does it give me courage to trust Him now with what I’m facing today?
Have I shared this testimony of God’s faithfulness to encourage others in their walk with the Lord?

These can be challenging questions for us to contemplate. We know that God doesn’t promise us an easy life or exemption from heartache in this world but He does promise He’s with us through all we face.

We can find endless comfort in the Scriptures and in God’s presence during the dark times in our lives. God knows our heartaches and understands our sorrows better than anyone else.
In these difficult spells, we can choose whether or not to allow our circumstances to bring us closer to God or pull us further away. We can choose if we want to grow through the hardship, learning new lessons and more about God’s faithfulness than ever before or we can choose to become weaker as we drift away from our source of strength.

May we not be ignorant of the enemies’ devices and allow our temporal circumstances to build a wall between us and our Saviour. He’s the One who gave up everything to have us and bought our lives with His own. May we fully surrender our blood-bought lives to the sovereignty and wisdom of God. May we pray just like Jesus, “Nevertheless, not my will but Thine.”