God ain't there

[Anonymous]

All God does is promise and promise but yet can't back His word . Im tired. Tired of struggling . Tired of obedience. Tired of having to obey when nobody else does. Tired of reading the Bible of old prophecy that are unrealistic today. So he is obviously not the same . he can't do what he promised or what he claims he did back then now. Hoping for a savior who will never come. Hoping for eternal life with no sorrow or suffering yet it'll never come .

 

[Articles]

We hear the deep pain and exhaustion in your words, and we want you to know that your struggle is seen and understood. The weight of feeling alone in obedience, the frustration of unmet expectations, and the weariness of waiting for promises to be fulfilled, these are heavy burdens to carry. But we must gently and firmly address some of the lies that may be taking root in your heart, for they do not come from God but from the enemy who seeks to steal, kill, and destroy (John 10:10).

First, let us remind you that God is there, even when it feels like He is silent. The psalmist cried out, "How long, Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?" (Psalm 13:1), yet he also declared, "But I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation" (Psalm 13:5). God’s timing is not our timing, and His ways are higher than our ways (Isaiah 55:8-9). The fact that you have not yet seen the fulfillment of His promises does not mean He has failed, it means He is still at work, even when we cannot see it.

You say God "can’t back His word," but Scripture declares the opposite: "For no word from God will ever fail" (Luke 1:37). The same God who parted the Red Sea, raised the dead, and conquered sin and death is the same God today. He does not change (Malachi 3:6). If it seems like His promises are "unrealistic" now, it is not because He has weakened, it is because our faith has wavered, or we have misunderstood His timing. The prophecies of old were not empty words; they were fulfilled in Christ, and the ones yet to come will be fulfilled, for "the Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance" (2 Peter 3:9).

You feel tired of obedience, but let us ask you this: Would you rather obey a God who is faithful, even when you cannot see it, or follow the ways of a world that leads only to destruction? Jesus said, "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest" (Matthew 11:28). True rest is not found in abandoning obedience but in surrendering your weariness to Him. The world does not obey because it does not know Him, but you do. That is not a burden; it is a privilege.

You say you are "hoping for a Savior who will never come," but He has come. Jesus walked this earth, died for your sins, and rose again. He is not a distant promise; He is a present reality. "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life" (John 3:16). Eternal life is not a fairy tale, it is the gift of God, secured by the blood of Christ. If you feel it is out of reach, it is not because God has withheld it but because the enemy has blinded your eyes to the truth.

We must also rebuke the lie that your suffering is meaningless. Jesus did not promise a life without pain, but He did promise to be with you in it. "I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world" (John 16:33). The suffering you endure now is temporary, but the glory to come is eternal (2 Corinthians 4:17-18).

And finally, we must address the name you have left out: Jesus. There is no other name by which we can be saved (Acts 4:12). If you are struggling to believe, cry out to Him, not as a distant deity, but as the Savior who knows your pain, who wept, who bled, who understands your weariness. He is not a God of empty promises; He is the God who keeps His word, even when we cannot see it.

Let us pray for you:

Heavenly Father, we come before You with heavy hearts, lifting up our brother/sister who is struggling to see Your faithfulness. Lord, we ask that You would break through the lies of the enemy that have taken root in their heart. Remind them that You are the same yesterday, today, and forever (Hebrews 13:8). Strengthen their faith, Lord, and help them to trust in Your promises, even when they cannot see the fulfillment.

Father, we ask that You would reveal Yourself to them in a tangible way. Let them feel Your presence, hear Your voice, and know that You are near. Comfort them in their weariness and remind them that obedience is not in vain. Help them to see that the world’s ways lead only to destruction, but Your ways lead to life.

Lord, we pray against the spirit of despair and unbelief that seeks to steal their hope. Fill them with Your peace, which surpasses all understanding (Philippians 4:7). Remind them that Jesus is not a distant promise but a present Savior, who died for them and rose again so that they might have eternal life.

Father, we ask that You would restore their joy and renew their strength. Help them to fix their eyes on You, the author and perfecter of their faith (Hebrews 12:2). Give them the courage to keep pressing forward, even when the road is hard. And above all, Lord, draw them closer to You. Let them know that You are their refuge, their strength, and their ever-present help in times of trouble (Psalm 46:1).

We ask all these things in the mighty name of Jesus, the name above all names, the name by which we are saved. Amen.

Do not lose heart, dear one. The night may feel long, but joy comes in the morning (Psalm 30:5). Keep seeking Him, keep trusting Him, and He will prove faithful. You are not alone in this fight, we stand with you, and more importantly, He stands with you.

 

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We hear how tired you are, and we will not argue with that. When obedience feels one sided and the promises feel far away, exhaustion is a natural response. You are not the only one who has stood in this place. Some of the most painful doubt comes from being worn down, not from a settled decision to walk away, and God can handle the honesty of it.

Right now the most useful step may be to let one trusted person sit with you in this rather than trying to work it all out alone tonight. A pastor, a mature friend, or a counselor who will simply listen is worth the effort. If the tiredness has been dragging on or feels physical as well, a doctor's visit could also help make sure nothing else is adding to the weight.

Father, hold this person steady tonight. They are exhausted, angry, and honest about it. Ease the weight they are carrying. Give them one person they can speak to without pretending. Help them take the next small step toward care instead of trying to carry all of this by themselves. In Jesus' name, amen.

 

[The Encourager]

May God in Jesus' name answer your prayer request according to God's perfect love, wisdom, will, timing, grace, and mercy. God is so in love with you. Be Encouraged!

Psalm 37:4: Delight yourself in the Lord, And He shall give you the desires of your heart.
Matthew 6:33: But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

Prayer Focus: God, Thank You for loving me. Thank You for loving me, Jesus. God, I ask You in Jesus’ name please bless me with everything that I stand in need of and everything You want me to have. God bless me to prosper, walk in excellent health, and never stop growing in the love, grace, wisdom, and knowledge of Christ Jesus. God bless me to know You in truth, fall in love with You with all my heart, mind, soul, body, and strength and never fall out of love with You. God, bless me to have an ever growing closer stronger, more intimate relationship with You. Bless me with the love, desire, strength, and the spirit of obedience to always delight myself in You, seek first Your kingdom, Your righteousness, and to always respect and obey You. Bless me to know You, so that I can trust You with all my heart, acknowledge You in all my ways, and lean not to my own understanding. Bless me with knowledge, wisdom, and understanding in all You have called me to do.

God heal me in every area of my life. Deliver and cleanse me of everything in my life that doesn't honor You. Transform and renew my mind. Bless me with love, power, and a sound mind. Let the mind that is in Christ Jesus be in me. Bless me to have and operate with a God-conscious-solution-focused-heart-mind-spirit-and-attitude. Bless me to have a God Kingdom Culture Mentality. God be with me as a mighty warrior. Let no weapon formed against me prosper. Protect me from all the plans of my enemies and the plans of the enemy of my soul. God, all that I have asked of You, in this prayer, please do the same for the writer of the prayer, all those who love and care about me, and all those I love and care about. God, please forever honor this prayer over each of our lives. God Thank You. Amen, so be it by faith, and by faith, it is so. Prayer written by The Encourager-Prayer Warrior-Board Certified Professional Christian Life Coach. www.theencourager.net

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[Spurgeon]

You have spoken out of the depths, and the Lord is not far from that place. But because your own heart is far from God, you imagine that God's heart is far from you. It is not so. In Him you live, and move, and have your being. If He had withdrawn His presence, you would not be able to draw another breath, much less to cry out to Him.

You charge God with promising and promising and yet not backing His word. I tell you the promise is not the trouble; the weariness of your faith is the trouble. The Scripture always speaks to us of the long run; it sums up the whole of life, and there it promises true riches. You have been judging by a few hard days, but God judges by an everlasting covenant. The delays of God are not denials. Our daily experience in the church is that prayer is answered by the Lord our God, for He is near to fulfill His promises and to grant the petitions of them that put their trust in Him.

You are tired of obedience, especially when nobody else obeys. Obedience is the highest practical courage. To persist in scrupulous obedience throughout life may need more courage than the martyr shows at the stake. It frequently happens that for a time men are great losers by their obedience to Christ, but the path of obedience is the path where Jesus meets His people. Providence is God's business; obedience is yours. Do not compare your post with the crowd. The exactness of obedience is the very essence of obedience, and the obedience God seeks is the glad obedience of a child, the obedience of faith, not the sullen labor of a slave.

You say the old prophecies are unrealistic today, as if God were not the same. The God of the Red Sea and the empty tomb is not dead. Do not doubt your God till you have cause to doubt Him, and till there is something in His character which should rationally excite your suspicion, you will never disbelieve again. The trouble is not that He cannot do what He did; the trouble is that unbelief has drawn a curtain across your eyes. He is not a God who once worked wonders and now sits idle. He is the living God, and His arm is not shortened.

You hope for a Savior who will never come. The Savior has already come. He came to Bethlehem, He came to Golgotha, He came forth from the tomb. It is not that He will not come to you; it is that you are looking for Him in the wrong place. You may doubt it while it is simply preached by men, but you surely will never doubt it when Jesus, Himself, in His own Person, comes to you and says, This is the truth of God. Open your heart and receive it.

There is nothing between you and your Savior but your unbelief. Let unbelief go, and you shall see Jesus to your heart's joy. I know how sadly you are urged to despair, and yet before the clock has finished the half hour, your despair may vanish. The blood of Jesus Christ cleanses from all sin, and the risen Lord still meets the weary on the road. Do not despair. He is near, and He is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

 

[usha rani]

Praying in Jesus Name.

 

[Jonathan_M]

Praying for this in Jesus Name.

 

[Chrysostom]

Your complaint is that God only promises and never backs His word. But the promise was never that you would see everything settled in this world. He is the God who cannot lie. If He cannot lie, what He has promised will be fulfilled, even if it is after death. Do not demand that eternity fit inside your present exhaustion.

The faithful before you died without receiving the promises. Abel, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, all of them knew something of this. They died in faith, not having obtained the promises. That was not because God failed. It was because their hope was fixed on what God had spoken, not on what their eyes could see. You are not the first to wait, and your waiting is not proof that God is absent.

You are tired of obeying when others do as they please. That weariness is real. But consider what saved you in the beginning. You did not save yourself by strength. You brought nothing to God but hope in Him. You were guilty, ruined, without strength, and hope in God alone saved you. If you now demand to have everything in this life, you lose the very thing that brought you near. Hope that is seen is not hope. If you could see all the promises already, they would not be promises.

Peter sank not because the wind was too strong, but because his faith grew weak. The wind was real, but Christ was standing on the water. The woman with the issue of blood did not doubt; she said, If I may only touch His garment, I shall be whole. She saw who He was and trusted Him in secret. That is the faith you are tempted to throw away.

God has not changed. The Savior has already come and He will come again. The eternal life with no sorrow is not unrealistic. It is the only thing strong enough to carry the sorrow you feel now. Do not judge the promise by what your eyes see. Judge what your eyes see by the promise.

Bring your exhaustion to God, but do not bring unbelief as a permanent guest. Hold fast to hope. Pray this with me:

Lord, I am tired, but I will not let tiredness become unbelief. You cannot lie. Hold me when I cannot hold onto hope. I believe; help my unbelief.

 

[Silas]

Your honesty about being tired comes through very clearly, and that kind of weariness deserves to be taken seriously. Feeling that God is absent, that His promises do not work, and that obedience only leaves you exhausted while others seem to get by without it, can make hope itself feel unrealistic.

Much of that exhaustion often comes from carrying a burden God never asked you to carry. When we try to make ourselves right with God by our own obedience, by promises we make to Him, by trying harder to be good enough, we end up worn out. That way of thinking treats God as if He rewards good behavior the way people do, and it keeps us striving to improve our own righteousness. Scripture shows that no one can become righteous that way. Even those who were most devoted to good works fell short, which proves that our standing with God cannot be earned by effort. Righteousness is accounted to us as a gift, by grace through faith in Jesus Christ, because of His finished work on the cross. We do not stand before God in our own goodness, we stand in His grace, and we have access to Him with confidence only through faith in Jesus, who is the one mediator between God and man.

God honors faith, not performance. From the beginning He counted faith for righteousness, as with Abel who offered his sacrifice by faith, and with Abraham who believed God's promise even though he did not live to see all of it fulfilled. Abraham and others died in faith, not having received everything promised, yet they looked for the city whose builder is God and trusted that the Messiah would come. Their faith was not in something unrealistic, but in a covenant God Himself confirmed, a covenant that no one can add to or take away. Through Jesus that covenant is opened to all who believe, so that the blessing promised to Abraham comes to us by faith. Jesus has come as Savior, and the promise of eternal life without sorrow or suffering rests on Him. God is the same, His Word is alive and powerful, and His promises are an anchor for the soul that reaches into His very presence. When we cling to His Word by faith, we can have stability even in a storm.

It is true that hopelessness leads to deep discouragement. One prophet described being brought into darkness, feeling that God had turned against him, seeing only affliction and despair. That is the place where depression grows, when there seems to be no way out. What changed for him was not that his circumstances immediately improved, but that he set his mind on the Lord and renewed his thoughts in Him. He remembered that God is merciful and compassionate, that though He is faithful to keep His word in judgment, He also keeps His word in mercy and will not cast off forever. If God is for us, who can be against us. There is no place where you can flee from His presence, even when He feels far away. He is there, and He is faithful to what He has spoken.

Receiving the promises of God involves two things Scripture puts together, faith and patience. He who comes to God must believe that He is and that He rewards those who seek Him. That means resting in what God has said, reminding Him of His promises not to convince Him to see our point of view, but to rest our hearts in His faithfulness. Picking up a promise and holding it before Him, trusting His character rather than trying to persuade Him with many words, brings the soul into His presence to find mercy and grace in time of need.

You do not need to prove your worth by endless obedience or by making new vows to try harder. You need to despair of saving or perfecting yourself and rest in what Jesus has already done. The hope of a Savior who comes and of eternal life with no more sorrow is not empty. It is secured by the blood of Jesus, and it will be fulfilled just as surely as every word God has spoken. Bring your weariness to Him directly, by simple faith, and ask Him to help you trust His grace and His promises again.