It's the easiest thing in the world to look at other people and assume they don't have problems, or at least big problems. Some of the most heartbreaking stories in the press are when internationally-known people are revealed to suffer from massive problems -- we remember when Robin Williams committed suicide. We all assumed that he had the perfect life, but underneath, there were storms greater than he could handle.
Here is King David, man after God's own heart, crying out to God, lifting up his hands in pleas for mercy. He's hopeful that God is not silent, for without God's assurance, he'll descend to the pit, to death, to oblivion. Heartbreaking, no matter what he has done -- the vision of a man laid bare. No matter what he has achieved, in that moment of despair, he is no different than any other soul on the planet.
You're not alone. You're never alone. Everyone has problems. Everyone has issues. All of us are crying out, in some way, to God, hoping to hear God's voice.
As a friend of mine once said, maybe you're the answer to someone else's prayers. Maybe they need to hear God's voice of assurance speaking through you.
Or maybe you simply need to hear that God is more than a silent figure in the sky. God hears the cry of people, and our hands are not lifted in vain.
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