No matter what age we are in Christ Jesus and no matter how much scripture we believe we know and read,depression, which always runs together with its partner fear,look to keep our minds and body upon what we do see,or feel,or touch.We pray,we seek our Jesus,but when there is no answer,we wonder what the point to talking to him really is!( Isaiah 45:15!!) But why? A God who loves us so much,why would he hide? The answer for us is not an easy one,nor is always pleasant for us to ever consider! For some of us older believers, one would think we truly understand this!
One would think "Oh they never become depressed or gripped with any kind of fear,they have grown past this!! LOL One would think this yes! But not always so true either! The answer to Isaiah 45:15 comes in 2 Chronicles 32:31 "God left him alone only to test him,that HE!!!( himself) might truly know all that was in his own heart! if you look at verses 24-29 Our friend Hezekiah having so much, also became depressed,and for him, very good reason to! For myself this has been a very troublesome month,as i am sure is true for many who are reading this as well!
When things look and appear so dark in ones life, that one cannot seem to see anything but their own fog they are in,it sure can get both depressing and also fearful. How long will you hide yourself oh God?How long must I endure this,for what seems to be no reason for it!( 2 Peter 4:12-13!!) All of us at whatever age in our Lord need testing,we do not have to like it!!But no matter upon our feeling and emotion we sure are going to go through the need to endure!( hebrews 10:36) The will of God is not always in something we ourselves need to do!!But rather in what we hold in our faith that matters most!
Hence many times we look upon what we can see, what wrong we could have done to place ourselves in such a terrible fog in our life!We consider this as well!( eph 4:27) we do this ( 2 cor 13:5) And after becoming well spent in our emotions and action,we finally just rest upon the Word himself,for there is little else we can do! The point!
To know one is truly loved by our Jesus is also to know his friend!! You can never be forsaken( hope!!!- rom 15:13) either!( 2 cor 4:7-18!!) Then when people look to bring us down through there words,Jesus reminds us of what Paul went through, and his words to the Church at Corinth,when they thought themselves better then him!( 1 Cor 4:10-21) Words of comfort rather then words of condemnation,actions of hope, rather then actions of showing where some themselves are truly at in there own relationship with our Jesus.
To be already seated with our Lord!( eph 2:4-10) To look past where we are upon the earth, to where we truly are in him! To KNOW!!!! Eph 3:16-19!!) this only comes through a great testing! What we see and hear today, will be different tomorrow,and we place ourselves in that truth,which can indeed not only set us free, but keep us free!( john 8:36) Where would I be without believing I would indeed see the goodness of God in the land of the living!!??( psalm 27:13!!) Indeed!! Where would any of us be! So for those who have overcome there depression today,and for those who look to overcome there depression tomorrow,or the next day,or whenever,take comfort in the Word presented,for it is by his Word we are made whole,and through his Word we look to make others whole through our Jesus we serve! I am so thankful for Jesus,I will always be this way, ( 1thess 5:18)because i know, like you, that no matter what we go through,we are never alone!! Not ever! ( 2 cor 1:3-7!!) God bless you all!!
I struggle with two different forms of depression caused by a severe thyroid condition.
