Can you trust your faith? Have you ever felt it let you down?

Question

a few months ago I lost my uncle to suicide we were really close. He was very into his faith but felt let down. Now that he's gone I feel let down by faith. I feel like god wasn't there for him and took him away from me. Is this a normal feeling and if it is how do I make it go away?

Answer 1

Yes, it's normal to feel like God let you down in some way. But notice what these scriptures tell us:

James 1:13
When under trial, let no one say: “I am being tried by God.” For with evil things God cannot be tried nor does he himself try anyone.

So, according to that scripture, God himself isn't causing this situation you're going through, nor was He causing your uncle's pain. He allows us to go through these things, but he doesn't cause them; there's a difference.

Deuteronomy 32:4
The Rock, perfect is his activity,
For all his ways are justice.
A God of faithfulness, with whom there is no injustice;
Righteous and upright is he.

Job 34:10
Therefore, YOU men of heart, listen to me.
Far be it from the [true] God to act wickedly,
And the Almighty to act unjustly!

God is perfect, just, righteous, and upright, so again, it's not even in Him to cause these bad things to happen. He is a God of love, and it pains Him to see us suffer, but there's reasons for Him allowing us to go through these things.

In the meantime, here are some scriptures that will comfort you in your times of need:

1 Peter 5:6,7
Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt YOU in due time; while YOU throw all YOUR anxiety upon him, because he cares for YOU. (Pray to God and rely on Him for help.)

John 5:28
Do not marvel at this, because the hour is coming in which all those in the memorial tombs will hear his voice.

Acts 24:15
I have hope toward God, which hope these [men] themselves also entertain, that there is going to be a resurrection of both the righteous and the unrighteous. (There's a chance you will see your uncle and your other dead loved ones again one day.)

Answer 2

Dear Ms. Czika,

First let me say that i'm sorry for the loss of your uncle.

There is a sense where we can't trust our faith in that our faith goes up and down all the time. However, we can trust the object of our faith. The Bible tells us that even when we are faithless, God is faithful.

i think God understands how deeply you were hurt by the loss of your uncle- and even though you have questions, doubts, confusion, the Bible promises that God can give you a peace beyond understanding. i think part of it is- are you holding on to your questions, doubts, and confusion or giving them to God?

In the book of 1 Thessalonians 4- there were a group of people under heavy persecution. The passage tells them that he didn't want them to grieve without hope. So first grieving is a very normal part of responding to death- and is a normal part of the healing process. The Bible says when we see difficulty in our lives- we always have hope!!! God's promise is hope- and peace in Him when we place our trust in Him.

i am sure the circumstances surrounding your uncle's death makes things a little harder to deal with. Faith is not based on what we feel- but it's based on what you know. So i guess my question for you to ponder is: What is it that you know about God- and how do you know that? i would suggest finding God's promises to you in the Bible- and if that's hard maybe a local Bible study where you can study God's word and see what God says.

It's a confusing time and a time when you can really draw the wrong conclusions about things based on your confusion. i don't know that you'll be able to understand why your uncle did what he did- but it doesn't change who God is-- God loved your uncle and God loves you- and i think more than any other time in your life- this is a time to know God's love as a reality.

Hope that helps. i will be praying for you that God's peace would comfort you and your family. I'm very sorry for your loss again.

Kindly,

Nickster

Answer 3

I think most of us have been there, done that. It is perfectly normal to feel that way, that is one of the by products of losing someone we love.

This world is only a temporary stop to where we are going. Your Uncle made a choice, God did not make it for him. Just because your Uncle chose to leave this world does not make him anything but a wounded lovely spirit who could not find a way to make it through this life. But you can. God never lets us down, but he isn't some huge Genie up in Heaven pulling strings, he gave us all our own free will and sometimes someone else's decisions will hurt us. We need to draw closer to God at that time and remember this, the first tear to fall when your uncle made that decision was Gods.

Many Blessings and prayers!!

Answer 4

1. Faith, by definition, is believing when everything in the natural (circumstances, people, "experts", feelings and even "sense") tells you not to. Romans 10:17 So then faith cometh by hearing, ...the Word of God 2 Corinthians 5:7 For we walk by faith, not by sight: Therefore, faith is both blind and deaf to the natural. Hebrews 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please him (God). If you were so seemingly shaken by these experiences, did you REALLY have faith? (See the Parable of the Soils and the Sower in Matthew 13:1-23.) Nearly every time Jesus healed someone, He said "your FAITH has healed you." Not Him, not God the Father, not the Holy Spirit, but us... we carry the majority of the responsibility in our relationship with Jesus Christ. After all, in John 19:30, He said, "It is finished." Everything He lived, suffered, died, was resurrected and ascended back into heaven for us to have, do and be, has been accomplished. The proper question is, "Are WE where (spiritually, more so than geographically) we need to be to receive our blessings?" 2. Why the disconnect between you and God? Was it faith? Was it that He didn't REALLY tell you what you thought? Was it simply a test, to see how you'd react to His silence? People, Christians included, are so quick to fault and blame God, when the responsibility of blessings are on US, not Him. Pray that He'll REVEAL why there was a disconnect. ("Reveal" is THE key word, rather than "show" or "tell". Revelation is what brings about TRUE understanding and knowledge. While you can be "shown" or "told" many things and still not believe. I hope this makes sense. Sorry it's so long.

Answer 5

I think alot of people might go through that.However
please remember sometimes it is a test from God.And sometimes it is the devil trying to tempt us.Please keep the faith and know that God is in control good or bad .Ask God to give you a blessing through this time.I will pray for you .And i hope all other christains on here do also.

Answer 6

God didn't take anything away from you. Death is an illusion. Your Uncle is still alive, although he may have trouble crossing over because of the suicide. Don't judge him, he may have had some biological cards stacked against him.

If you want to help him, start praying regularly for him, meditate love to him. He will really appreciate it.

Answer 7

Faith by definition means belief without proof. Why is trusting something without proof considered a virtue? It's ridiculous. Of course it will let you down. If you are gullible enough to have faith it stands to reason that for some percentage of the time you will be duped or cheated.

Main Entry: Faith
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: trusting
Synonyms: believing, bite, born yesterday, credulous, easy, easy mark*, eat up, fall for, fleeceable, foolish, go for, green*, innocent, kid oneself, lap up, mark*, naive, patsy, silly, simple, sucker, susceptible, swallow, swallow whole, taken in*, trustful, tumble for, unskeptical, unsophisticated, unsuspecting, wide-eyed*, yoyo
Antonyms: suspicious, untrusting

Answer 8

there are few people who walk on that narrow path that Jesus described .. the door is opened when a person recieves Christ and is born again .. its still up to us to walk through that door and go down the path and stay on it .. the loss of ur uncle is a hurt that may take a long time to heal but its a seperate issue from ur faith ..

Answer 9

if he suicided, then he doesn't have good faith. cause a man of faith would never suicide. suicide is a sin because we should respect our bodies. that's y we shouldn't smoke or get drunk either.

I've had people taken away from me. because i moved. even though they didn't die, it's still the same feeling. cause u miss them so much. u should just pray to God

Answer 10

Yes I trust Jesus totaly and no, He has never let me down...
There is a comforter if you give your heart to Jesus and
give all your pain to Him he will take it upon his back and leave you peace and comfort....He will give you the gift of the Holy Spirit to comfort you....Just give it to Yeshua and he will fight the demons that are giving you this terrible pain and doubt......God bless