Do Not Forsake Me

“I will obey your decrees; do not utterly forsake me.” (Psalm 119:8)

The Psalmist often felt close to God but at other times he felt that he was forsaken by God. In his times of feeling forsaken he cried the prayer of this verse, do not utterly forsake me. He could not stand being utterly forsaken by God.

Many of the prophets felt forsaken. Elijah went to Mount Horeb and wanted to die because he felt all alone. He did not feel that way while he sat at the Brook Cherith waiting for it to dry up but now he felt forsaken.

Jeremiah felt forsaken when he was thrown into the pit and left to die. God did not did not abandon him to the pit

Jesus felt forsaken when he was hanging on the cross. His cry was that He would not be forsaken.

Prophets and people of God have all felt forsaken at one time or another but during that time they relied on the promises of God who said that He will never leave us or forsake us.