| Bible Study: My God, My God, Why Has Thou Forsaken Me? |
By: Evangelist W.C. “Dub” Dellinger
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Those are the words recorded in a good KJV Bible as was spoken by the Psalmist in Psalm 22. Many times I have heard that spoken by people of today. We must keep in mind that when the Psalmist was crying out to God, he did not at that time have the privilege of Jesus coming and paying the sin price. Jesus had not yet died on the cross and risen from the grave. A few angels were created for the purpose of serving their Creator. All were there to keep righteousness out front, except for those who serve Satan. The spirit in Satan’s angels is the same spirit that is in us when we live contrary to our Savior’s will. It is the same spirit that we have when we choose to turn away from God and refuse to obey His rules.
Then, here it comes again. “My God, My God”, we cry out. “Why are you not listening to my prayer?” We blame God when our prayers go unanswered when all the time it’s our fault. God will not hear our prayers if we have unconfessed sin in our lives. The price for our sin is already paid and we have not submitted all for the answer. I heard an elderly preacher say that it is knee time again. There are two many kinks in the line between us and God.
As I was helping with a funeral one time, something was said about the dead man’s prayers always being answered and that he had knots on his knees from kneeling to pray so much. I remember the quietness for a while as no one said a word. Then another reported how the last man’s words were “I see the angels coming to get me”. What a wonderful way to leave this world! We could all take a lesson from this and do so much better in our prayer life.
I recently witnessed a small child being baptized. The child looked to be about six months old. A grown woman put her hand in the water and I could see her fingerprints on the small child’s head as she placed her hand on the child and said a few words. My hope at that time was that she did not really think her words would forgive the child of any sin. That child, like all children, was still under grace until it came to the age of accountability. It is a good thing to give a child back to the Lord in their early years and accept the responsibility of bringing that child up in a manner pleasing to God. But that child will some day be at an age where only he is responsible for his actions. It will not matter if he was baptized and given to the Lord as a baby, it is now his choice to accept Jesus as his Savior or reject him.
So when we cry out, My God, My God, and feel as though God is far away, just ask yourself, “who moved”?
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