Why is it when we need God the most, we find it the hardest to reach Him. In pain, bereavement, sin or danger our need for God is great. Often our prayers seem stuck as if we re talking to ourselves. The anguish which is physical, mental and spiritual feels too difficult to overcome. But God hasn’t moved away; He is right there in the trouble. He has never moved, He is conscious of our next thought even when we are stuck.
The Psalmist often had these feelings and a number of the psalms start with cries of pain, but end with a triumphant shout. Psalm 10 ‘Why God do You stand afar off?’ Why do You hide Yourself in time of trouble? which later says ‘The Lord is King for ever and ever.’ Psalm 143 ‘Lord, hear my prayer, listen to my cry for mercy.’ which ends ‘I meditate on all Your works.’ Psalm 22 ‘My God. my God, why are You so far from me.’ finishing ‘They will proclaim His righteousness.to a people yet unborn.’
We need the perseverance of the Psalmist. God is always right beside us.