God is always the same regardless of feeling. The Eternal God is real and full of power and mercy at all times. Who He is, what He is, and what He has promised is not dependent on how much I feel He is real.
Matthew 28:20 (Amplified) – Teaching them to observe everything that I have commanded you, and behold, I am with you all the days (perpetually, uniformly, and on every occasion), to the [very] close and consummation of the age.
Amen (so let it be).
He is with me all my days, perpetually, uniformly and on every occasion. This is true regardless of my feelings. God is always the same and always with me the same, but my perception and my feelings continually change.
How close He is to me never changes, but how close I stay to Him (in my awareness of Him and in my active fellowship with Him) can change based on me. This is something within my power. I can learn to live where His unchangeable presence and wonderful promises are as real to me when I don’t feel Him and when I don’t.
Truth is not based on my moods or passing emotions or the present circumstances around me but on the eternal realities and on the unchanging nature of God and the eternal Word of God.
I need to learn to rely on the fact of His unchangeable presence not the feeling or assurance of it. Relying on feeling His presence throws things out of balance, because when I no longer feel Him, He seems to be gone. If I don’t know better, I may even think He is gone. But when I rely on a fact that is always the same, His presence never changes – because the fact never changes. Truth is eternal.
