Years ago I met a family with a haunting story.
They were very wealthy and enjoyed the good things in life. Over time they had developed a close friendship with their minister. In fact, they were house friends. Hard times arrived and the wealthy family lost everything. The haunting part of the story is that the friend, the minister, made no phone calls, no simple sms or even a food parcel.
Every one of us has experienced the feeling of being used and abandoned. It is life. Recently, when I thought of this story and many just like it, my mind asked an even more haunting question, “Is it possible that God may feel used?”
People love him, are devoted to him as long as he takes care of them. If God keeps you healthy, supplies a nice home and special car, he is great.
But if you lose everything, maybe even on account of some bad decisions you have made, you cry out, “Where is God”, “How can you allow this?”
Many people stop going to church, refuse to read the Bible and pray.
As if God owes you something. God was with you when your world collapsed and he promised never to leave you or forsake you.
One of the most powerful words in the Bible came from a man who lost everything except his faith.
Job said, “Even though he slay me, yet, will I love him.”
How deep is your love for God?
