THE PRAYER WHEN God felt distant

Have you ever felt like your prayers bounced off the ceiling? Like God wasn’t listening? What can you do when it feels like God just isn’t there?

King David knew that feeling. He was a man after God’s own heart. God was at the centre of everything he did. And yet even he had seasons when he cried out, “How long, Lord? Will you forget me forever?”

When it seems like God is silent or like your prayers are not being answered, David teaches us not to despair. These seasons are not a sign of failure, but a reminder that while we are in this world, our faith will be challenged in many ways.

Will we still trust God’s love and presence even when we can’t feel it?

David shows us how to wrestle well in times of silence. “I trust in your unfailing love . . . I will sing the Lord’s praise.” Learn from David to look back at God’s faithfulness in the past; and to look forward to days filled with praise. The Lord is always at work for you, even when you can’t see what He’s doing.

No season of silence lasts forever; soon He will reveal the good work He’s been doing behind the scenes.