Arc, I have felt forsaken by God. I kept looking back at the Beast. I was tormented because I was not serving the right God. I was trying serving myself by serving the God law. That, is a insult to God. That is the God the world follows, themselves. Till God shows us that we cannot begin to overcome it. When, we see the True God who never forsakes us. Jesus was dying so he could bring us peace. The process of enduring is moving forward and not backwards to self. I felt forsaken till God showed me what I was up against was myself. It is his Spirit that helps us endure. Without it we are nothing.
I believe Jesus feeling forsaken should say something spiritual to us. I believe those words that Jesus said, on the cross were very important to us. For me it has helped me to see that we are not forsaken only if we do not move forward like Christ and take up his cross and bear it. I like you know only the Spirit of God can help us endure. We bear the cross but we have to keep moving in to the truth for never looking back at self which feels forsaken. The true God never leaves you nor forsakes you. Jesus had Gods Spirit and he knew he would not forsake him. To me the world feels forsaken till they see the Beast. Then they get The Spirit of God and can do as Jesus overcome the world. The enemy. The beast trying to save themselves. When, we get the Spirit we canot help but move on. I think sometimes we can look at that cross so long we stay there. We have to keep moving into the light. But, every year the world church system serves law God which is a law into themself. One foot in and one foot out makes you lost. I found that out the hard way. We must keep pressing forward. With, the Spirit of God we cant help but do that.
I always like reading your post. They make me think.
To me what Babylon Calls Good Friday is not Good Friday if they get stuck at the cross. When, I was in Babylon looking at all of them going to the altar every week over and over. It was a public display. I even , remember when I was real young I would ask God why do I keep coming to you repenting over and over. Not, old enough to understand. They do not have the perfect peace of God or they would not do that. They are doing as I use to do and they do not know it. They are mixing Grace with law. That does not work. It is not Christ the risen Saviour who had the victory cause they teach he has no victory over Hell. Unless, God gives us his Spirit we never see it. God nailed all our sins on that cross and they are dead. But, I know now I was looking at self instead of him. I know, he is longsuffering cause he has put up with me for a long time.
Jesus focused on all the things his Father through his Spirit taught him. Jesus believed his Father. He moved off that cross and never looked back. So, now I dont look back at that Beast cause all I see is fear. Before, I was obeying self by obeying God. If we think about all the lovely things that God is we too will move away from sin and that Beast we see. When we read all his words we can tell if it is the Good God we are serving. We will become what we focus on. At least, I did. I was at a stand still till he showed me the light.
I could not see that without God living in me.
But, yet it is sad. The world serves a baby in a manger. He is no longer a baby. The world serves like a child and a servant. Instead of moving into the grace of God that brings peace to your soul and then you become a man no longer serving God of self. But, actually being called a Son or Daughter of God.
I am not trying to teach, but sharing what God has me seeing about myself. God helps me to endure and without him I would not. I looked at the Beast to long, now I want to just focus on the Father like Jesus did. That requires learning what the Father is like.
In His Love,
Marlene