Written by Philip Graham Ryken, a contemporary pastor, author, and president of Wheaton College. This is an excerpt from his book “I Have My Doubts: How God Can Use Your Uncertainty to Reawaken Your Faith.”
God always invites us to take our troubles straight to him. This is what godly people have done throughout history… Even when we think that God is the problem and not the solution—even when we think he is incriminated by what we are experiencing—we should talk things over with him. In every dark night of the soul, we should take our troubles to the secret place and meet with God in prayer. Where else can we open our hearts so freely? Who else could possibly address our concerns? There is never any need for us to hide our feelings. We can always take our struggles to the Lord in prayer… If we believe that God is with us and has the power to help us, then we should ask him for the help that only he can give.
And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, la′ma sabach-tha′ni?” that is, “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” [Matthew 27:46]
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