When God Feels Far Away | The Writings | Psalm 13

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🗓️ 17 January 2024

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If you doubt and question God, does that mean you don't truly love him? Can God forget about us? When David wrote Psalm 13, he had lots of questions for God. In today's episode, Jensen shares how you can use Psalm 13 for comfort when you feel overwhelmed with doubt. Read the Bible with us in 2024! This year, we’re tackling a group of Old Testament books traditionally known as “The Writings”— Psalms, Chronicles, Proverbs, Daniel, Ruth and more! Download your reading plan now. Your support makes TMBT possible. Ten Minute Bible Talks is a crowd-funded project. Join the TMBTeam to reach more people with the Bible. Give now. Like this content? Make sure to leave us a rating and share it with others, so others can find it too. Use #asktmbt to connect with us, ask questions, and suggest topics. We'd love to hear from you! To learn more, visit our website and follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter@TenMinuteBibleTalks. Don't forget to subscribe to the TMBT Newsletter here. Passages: Psalm 13

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0:00.0	Welcome to 10 minute Bible Talks, where we connect the Bible to your life and the time it takes to get to work.
0:10.8	I'm Jensen Holt McNair.
0:16.9	I have faced seasons in my life where I felt like God just wasn't there. No matter what I did, no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't feel his presence. I couldn't connect with the
0:26.5	word. My mind drifted in prayer. I tried to find him, but there were no signs of him. I was stuck in the mess of my life. I felt abandoned and these
0:38.7	feelings often led to shame and fear. There were outside voices telling me that if I believed enough,
0:46.1	then I would experience the power of God. Voices telling me that doubting and
0:50.8	questioning God was a sign that I didn't trust him, that I didn't really love him. They left me questioning, why couldn't
0:58.7	I find God? Why did I feel this way? Had he really left me?
1:04.0	Was I not really a Christian because I felt this way?
1:07.0	Did I not love God enough, believe God enough, trust God enough
1:12.0	for him to come through for me? Maybe you've been there too. Maybe
1:16.5	you're there now. Facing incredible difficulty on the verge of despair, wondering where God is, desperately wanting to experience his presence, and
1:27.9	then feeling guilty and ashamed that you can't seem to find him. And maybe, like me, when you opened your Bible this morning
1:37.2	to read Psalm 13, you felt comforted. We are told that this Psalm is a Psalm of David right off the bat. Throughout
1:45.2	scripture David is called a man after God's own heart, a faithful king, one who
1:50.9	still fails but ultimately points us forward to the true and good king Jesus.
1:57.7	And yet this man after God's own heart opens his psalm in this way. How long, oh Lord, will you forget me forever? How long
2:08.1	will you hide your face from me? How long must I take counsel in my soul and have sorrow in my heart all the day?
2:17.0	How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?
2:21.5	Now there's a chance that these words don't immediately bring you comfort.
2:25.3	Is David saying that God hides from us? Is he confirming our worst fears that God
2:31.3	can and will forget us, abandon us? But we have to remember what kind
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