Gone
By Eddy John Sng

Psalm 42
5a Why are you downcast, O my soul?
Why so disturbed within me?

Are there times when you feel that God is very far away from you, as if He’s gone? I do. There are times when I come to my QTs expecting Him to show up…and He doesn’t.

Was it something I said

To make You turn away

To make You walk out and leave me cold?

If I could just find a way

To make it so that You were right here

Right now

Many times I know why I can't feel God's presence. It’s because I’ve sinned, either by doing something I shouldn’t have or by not doing what He has commanded. Still, that doesn’t explain away all His absences. Why doesn’t He show up when I seek Him? Why does it feel as if He’s…gone?

I've been sitting here
Can't get You off my mind

I've tried my best to be a man and be strong

I've drove myself insane

Wishing I could touch Your face

But the truth remains

You're gone

There are many different theologies to explain why I can’t feel God's presence from time to time. But you know what? I’ve learnt not to care. What is important is not how I feel about Him but how I behave towards Him. So what if I can’t feel Him? I can still praise Him and worship Him with all my heart. And I will. Will you?

Psalm 42
5b Put your hope in God,
for I will yet praise him,
my Savior and my God.