100 Days with David 2025 Day 14: It sometimes seems that God is hiding from us. But He isn’t.

“Why do You stand afar off, O Lord? Why do You hide in times of trouble?”

‭‭Psalms‬ ‭10:1‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

When someone is going through an extended hard time and they feel that somehow or another the Lord has turned His face from them, we may be quick to reassure them that God does care and that He is not hiding Himself. But what about when it’s you feeling forsaken of God?

It’s undeniable, there are times that—for whatever reason—we may feel that the Lord has forsaken us. Now, if we’ve been in open sin and rebellion against God, or living against His word, we can understand that we have lost touch with Him through our own doings. As such, we are the one who has changed, not God.

Even so, there are times when, though you feel you are doing the very best you can, you find yourself in a tight place, feeling utterly alone, just when you needed Him the most!

Consider, when Jesus was suffering on the cross, He spoke of feeling forsaken.

“And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” that is, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?””

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭27:46‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Now, we could argue that since Jesus was taking on the Sin of the world, the Father had to turn away. Or we could say that because He references “My God,” rather than “My Father,” as He generally did, the part that He now felt of God was only His judgment and not the Fatherly relationship. But, whatever was going on, it was real and it was bad and Jesus endured that for us!

The writer of Hebrews, in encouraging the people not to be grasping for things, offers this assurance:

“Don’t love money; be satisfied with what you have. For God has said, “I will never fail you. I will never abandon you.” So we can say with confidence, “The Lord is my helper, so I will have no fear. What can mere people do to me?””

‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭13‬:‭5‬-‭6‬ ‭NLT‬‬

God will never fail us or abandon us! We can rest on this assurance even when we don’t feel His presence; even when circumstances say otherwise.

In today’s portion from David’s psalms, we see that David was feeling forsaken by God, a theme often expressed in the psalms of David. In fact, Jesus was quoting from Psalms 22 when He spoke “Why have you forsaken me?” as He suffered on the cross.

“My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me? Why are You so far from helping Me, And from the words of My groaning? O My God, I cry in the daytime, but You do not hear; And in the night season, and am not silent.”

‭‭Psalms‬ ‭22:1-2‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

However, every time David spoke of feeling forsaken by God, he would follow up with praises of God, expressing the goodness and steadfastness of our Father!

“Do not hide Your face from me; Do not turn Your servant away in anger; You have been my help; Do not leave me nor forsake me, O God of my salvation. When my father and my mother forsake me, Then the Lord will take care of me.”

‭‭Psalms‬ ‭27:9-10‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

So what is the summation? Simply put, we all feel forsaken by God at times. But we must know that He has not forsaken us even though we don’t “feel” Him in that moment of crisis.

Reflecting back to what we considered earlier, Jesus experienced the feeling of being forsaken by God that was the product of our rebellion. He experienced that in the midst of taking our punishment. Yet, He was still victorious over the Sin that separated us from God. And—even now—His Spirit in us cries out, reassuring us that God has not forsaken us. He is our Father!

“So you have not received a spirit that makes you fearful slaves. Instead, you received God’s Spirit when he adopted you as his own children. Now we call him, “Abba, Father.” For his Spirit joins with our spirit to affirm that we are God’s children.”

‭‭Romans‬ ‭8‬:‭15‬-‭16‬ ‭NLT‬‬

For today let us know and understand what David knew:

It sometimes seems that God is hiding from us. But He isn’t.

Peace to you.

Jesus is coming! Get ready for Him!