Jesus was not forsaken by God although he felt alone, He wasn't.
Heb 9:14 How much more shall the blood of
Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
Psalm 22 is an incredible psalm. It puts us into the mind of Christ as he hung on the cross! It's written in the present tense and allows us to feel what Christ felt as he hung on the cross. Verse 1 is an example of poetic parallelism. The two questions are worded differently but ask the same thing. Where is God when we are in the pit of suffering?
Psalm 22:1 My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?
There are times when we feel like God is not around. We are going through difficult times and we don't feel his presence. Our prayers aren't being answered like we would like them to and we are allowed to go through things we don't want to go through. But we know God is always with us as He was with Jesus.
Though Jesus faith seems to falter in his darkest hour, He rallies back in verses 22-24. God didn't hide his face from Christ but HE HEARD!
22 I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.
23 Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel.
24 For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted;
neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard
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His banner over me is LOVE....
My soul followeth hard after thee....Love one another with a pure heart
fervently.
Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?
To be a servant of God, it will cost us our total commitment to God, and God alone. His burden must be our burden... Sis Alvear