My God! My God!

My God! My God!

My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning? Psalm 22:1.

When David wrote this, it wasn’t just a cry of frustration; it revealed the heart of someone who felt God was distant. And when Jesus repeated these words on the cross, He showed that even the Son of God experienced deep abandonment. Perhaps you’ve felt this darkness too, when your prayers seem unheard. It’s a cry from the soul: “Why?” But the psalm doesn’t end there.

The pain is real, intense, almost suffocating. The psalmist speaks of a groaning so deep it can only be expressed in tears. Yet, he still says: “My God.” Faith fights against fear. He doesn’t understand the silence, but he still believes he belongs to God. Maybe you are there too — lost, hurting, weary, yet holding on to that small thread of hope that the Father has not let go. He never lets go. The psalm shows suffering, but it also shows that God hears, responds, and acts.

By verse 22, the tone shifts: praise, hope, and victory break through. The dark night meets the dawn. God enters the scene, turning chaos into testimony, pain into life, silence into answers, and apparent abandonment into restoration and promise.

Perhaps you are still in the first verses — in the “whys,” in the despair. But God calls you to trust that the second part exists. That your chapter doesn’t end where you are now. That what seems like defeat can become praise. He hears even the quietest whisper and is already preparing the next verse of your story.

Today, hand over your groaning — your pain, struggle, and weakness — into God’s hands. Say: “My God.” Even in the darkness, trust that the turnaround is coming. The God who heard David and Jesus is hearing you now.