Why has God abandoned me?

Question

I don't know what I did wrong.

Answer 1

God has not abandoned you. He is testing you and your faith. He will never give you more than you can handle.

Answer 2

Look God will never abandon any of us no matter how bad the thing you did was or how bad something hit you! If this is about a broken heart God didnt leave you hes trying to figure out why you think he did! God isnt what made the guy dump you its that all guys are stubbern and they come around every 15 minutes. But when you find the right one he wont leave you and then youll realize that you were all upset for nothing so just dont worry about it ok!!And if its not about a broken heart than i dont know what to say sorry!

Answer 3

Why do you think God has abandoned you? Has someone told you that He has?

Sometimes when people are desperate they aren't aware that God is with them, and this 'absence' of God adds to their feeling of being lost.

You say you don't know what you did wrong. This is quite possible, because it seems that you are lost in an inner confusion, a world in which your thoughts are rushing about, trying to find a solution.

May I suggest that you are going the wrong way down a one-way street. You need to turn around (which is what repentance is), and as you turn around, stop trying to chase your thoughts and emotions and feelings of despair. Instead, be still and let go. Consider Psalm 46:10, 'Be still, and know that I am God.'

AS THE CLIMAX of Psalm 46, this verse is not so much about meditation as it is about the mediation of God’s kingdom in the heart of faith. The command to “be still” comes from the Hiphil stem of the verb () rapha (meaning to be weak, to let go, to release), which might better be translated as, “cause yourselves to let go” or “let yourselves become weak” (in poetic contexts, the noun form rephai’im was sometimes used as a synonym for “the place of the dead”). This is a quote from a commentary which I found for you on www.hebrew4christians.com.

I believe it will be of help. You may find that what you did wrong is just try too hard. But of course you give so little information, that I can only give broad advice.

Peace and stillness be with you, and in that stillness may you find that God is always with you.

Answer 4

If this were a forum, I would ask why you feel this way. It sounds like you have been struggling and feel like God hasn't been there to help. This is a very lonely feeling and all Christians have been there.

When I have felt like God has abandoned me I read the Bible to help me remember that God loves me and will never leave me.

Sometimes the Holy Spirit lets us walk alone so we can grow. It's a little like a parent teaching a child to ride a bike. If they are ever going to learn, sometimes they have to let go so the child can try it on their own. But you can rest assured they remain there to help if needed.

God does love you. Continue to pray - read the scripture - and trust him.

Pastor John

Answer 5

GOD has not abandoned you.
You have done nothing wrong; your living and learning. Saints and sinners have good days and bad days - really. It's part of being human.

Please be at peace.

Being old I would suggest if you can, please, talk to your mother/trusted adult, perhaps review your choices as something made you feel this way, and an ear/shoulder you trust may help find the cause.
Do not limit human contact, but instead stay involved in your community, and family - surround yourself with their care, don't "go-it-alone" this never works.

Answer 6

why would you think that god abandoned you he loves you. very much and he wants the best for you and what every your problem is that between you and the lord and all you need to do is pray three time or how ever many you want to be just remeber that the devil wants you to think that the lord dose not love and is not wanting nothing to do with us that is not right read john 3:16 and that should answer your question.

Answer 7

God has not abandoned or forsaken you. He never forsakes his own. Are you faithfull to God? He is faithfull to the end and will never forsake nor cast out any that call upon him in truth.

John 6:37 All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.

Hebrews 13:5 Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

Examine yourself and see if there be any sin in your life. If there is repent of it ,confess it before God. he will forgive you and heal your heart.

2 Corinthians 13:5 Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves

Answer 8

You have a false Biblical perspective; perhaps reinforced by a pastor in error or other peoples erronious perspective.

"I will never leave you or forsake you"... That is only said to the Believers, and is absolutely true.

We are in the days of the beginning of Matthew chapter 25 where we read of the 5 wise and 5 foolish virgins who go out to meet the bridegroom, in the period of the time times and a half time spoken of in the book of Daniel and also in Revelation. So we are basically in earnest antisipation at this time.

The essential element now is assurance of salvation. This is what one must have. If you have that you have everything, if you don't have that you have nothing.

Answer 9

God has not abandoned you, you are looking into the material world for answers to your difficulties and struggles; and you need to be looking toward God.

You may not be doing a specific thing wrong, you may be looking outward, not inward.

Reach for God's Blessings and you will find them!

Answer 10

I have no idea if this serious or a troll but I know enough people who have been in this situation when it was serious that I would prefer to treat it as serious.

God never abandons us. He never withdraws himself from us he only withdraws our awareness of him from us.

If we cant feel God or feel as if God isnt near us our senses are lying to us. He hasnt moved. Sometimes he withdraws our awareness of him for a variety of reasons.

The most common I think is that he actually wants us to seek him more for whatever reason. Its easy to know someone when they are in the room, how well you know someone is really tested when they seem to have left the room.

Ultimately God wants us to seek him more because it will benefit us in some way. If we have done or are doing something that is hurting us then sometimes he withdraws our awareness of him so that we begin to ask precisely the question "What have I done wrong?"

If we have done something wrong and we know what it is, then the best way to ask God to show us his presence again is to repent and turn back to him.

If we DONT know what we have done wrong then we arent in sin but it might be that God wants us to become aware of what we have done wrong so that we can repent of it. (Sin hurts us even if we dont know we are doing it, his helping us to see our own sin isnt to make us feel guilty its to help us to stop sinning so we can stop hurting ourselves)

Sometimes however God removes our awareness of him as a test. It stengthens us the same way that lifting weights strengthens us. Just like a baby bird, the only real way to know if you can fly or not is to leave the nest.

Sometimes however unfortunately God does pull his funky trump card of "My ways are not your ways, my thoughts are not your thoughts" and we just have no clue why it is that we seem to not be able to hear or see him clearly.

I call it is his trump card because when God does something in our lives and we DONT know what he is doing, he is usually doing something powerful that we cant understand or that if we understood it it wouldnt be as powerful.

So ultimately if you have searched yourself deeply and can find no sin that you think might be a reason for God doing this, rest assured that your perception of his presence will return again.

In my walk with God my awareness of him is almost bipolar, I have days where I feel like I am walking on air (even harder then walking on water in my opinion) and on other days I feel as if I have a millstone tied around my ankles. During those ankle days I do my best to hold on to the concept that someday those air days will return.

Hope that helps a little.

Answer 11

God hasn't abandoned you. Sometimes He doesn't give us just what we want though. Seek Him through the Bible and through fellowship with believers, you may find the direction you are looking for.