Prayer for help in the midst of affliction

Sometimes we say that God forgot us, but it is not like that, because God is closer than we think. He does not leave us alone, He is always there to help us.

Remember something very important, there will come times when we will have trials proofs, and these trials will produce in our hearts afflictions where we will say where are you God?

How long wilt thou forget me, O Lord? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?

Psalm 13:1

These things happen, this expression of David, was because he was distressed at that moment, and that is why he expressed himself in this way. He asked the Lord, that, if He was going to abandon him, but let’s not forget something important, God acts under His sovereign will and does it for a purpose.

We only should ask to Him, even if those moments of despair come, those moments are really difficult, we get tired saying “God, you forgot me, come to my help because I am very distressed”.

Consider and hear me, O Lord my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;

Psalm 13:3

These are more of the words we use when we are afflicted: “answer me, do not forsake me, do not turn away from me your face Lord, I need you, I can not anymore”. Do you believe that God is far from you? Do you think He does not help you? God never leaves you alone, nor forsakes you, but is closer to what you believe and arrives at the moment you least expect.

If God were not by your side, would you be alive? He is the one who protects you, the one who takes you out of anguish, restores you and overcomes all the obstacles in the middle of your path. Trust in God, cry out to Him and do not be dismayed because He is with you in the midst of your cry.

One of the greatest truths that we must treasure in our hearts is that God does not deal with us based on our emotions. Even when our feelings shout that we are alone, abandoned, or forgotten, the reality is completely different. God is constant, faithful, unchanging, and His presence does not fluctuate with our circumstances. David felt forgotten, yet God was working behind the scenes. In the same way, many of God’s greatest works in our lives occur in silence—those seasons when we feel nothing, see nothing, and hear nothing, but God is still moving every piece in our favor. Faith grows in the silence, and trust is strengthened when everything around us seems uncertain.

It is precisely in those moments of darkness that God invites us to lift our eyes. David cried: “Lighten mine eyes,” and this is the same prayer we often need. Sometimes the problem is not the size of the trial, but the dimness of our spiritual sight. We look at the storm instead of looking at the One who commands it; we look at the giant rather than the God who destroys giants. When God enlightens our eyes, we begin to see that He never left, that His hand was always sustaining us, and that His purpose is far greater than the pain of the moment. Trials are not evidence of God’s absence but opportunities to know Him more deeply.

And just as every psalm of lament in the Scriptures ends with hope, so does our story in Christ. David, after crying out from anguish, concluded by saying: “But I have trusted in your mercy.” This is the anchor of our soul. Even when everything collapses around us, God’s mercy remains firm. Let us learn to wait on Him with confidence, knowing that His timing is perfect and His ways are higher than ours. Cling to His promises, keep praying even when it seems nothing changes, and rest in the truth that the God who sustains the universe is the same God who sustains you. He has not forgotten you, He will not forget you, and at the appointed time His help will arrive with power and tenderness.