Those moments come in the wars of life when you can feel so beat down, so unseen, and so unheard, that you wonder if God has abandoned you, leaving you to die alone in some valley. There are times when you feel like the dry bones described by the prophet Ezekiel are your own, barren, and broken as you are, from the battlefield.

It’s as if your Goliath is too great, too powerful, and too strong.

You’ve done your best to fight, to remain faithful, but you don’t seem to advance – ever. 

You wonder why you must be in the fight in the first place. You question whether you can even continue.

Has God left you alone? You wonder.

Can God see what you’re going through?

Will God ever intervene? 

It’s a lost, empty, dreadful, faithless feeling.

You begin to question faith, altogether.

You begin to question if you’ve made God angry.

You may even begin to question, as King David did, if God has taken His Spirit from you.

No matter what, something in the depths of your soul cries out.

Like King David.

PSALM 73:25-28 (NASB) 

Whom have I in heaven but You?

And besides (WITH) You, I desire nothing on earth.

My flesh and my heart may fail,

But God is the strength (ROCK) of my heart and my portion forever.

For, behold, those who are far from You will perish;

You have destroyed (SILENCED) all those who are unfaithful to You.

But as for me, the nearness of God is my good;I have made the Lord (YHWH) God my refuge,

That I may tell of all Your works.

Rest assured, faithful one, Your Father hasn’t left you alone in this dark moment. God doesn’t leave you to fend for yourself, or figure anything out on your own. He’s there. He has a plan. He will provide for you. He will give you rest. He will renew your strength. He’s fighting for you, whether you see it or not. He’s not done with you yet.

In your weakness, He is strong.

Remember 2 Corinthians 12:8-9 (NASB), where Paul is seemingly reminding himself, while encouraging others about God’s presence in times of trial.

Concerning this I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might leave me. And He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.” Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me.