Why standest afar off?

"Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?"

Psalm 10:1

David asked God a question that so many of us ask God today. 

Why does it seem like God is hidden in our times of trouble?  My personal opinion: it's because we are more focused on the trouble and less focused on God.  We have magnified our trouble and reduced the power of our Lord.

I also think it's because we are relying on our 'feelings' rather than the 'facts' that God reveals to us in His Word concerning the times of our troubles.

When I read this verse, I thought about how when I was a little girl riding my bike the first couple of times without my training wheels.  My dad would run behind me, holding on to my seat, and as long as I knew he was still holding my seat, I had the confidence I needed to ride my bike because I knew my dad was in control.  When he would let go, so did my confidence, and sometimes I would fall.  But as soon as I hit the ground, my dad was already there picking me back up again and I would try again.  And then there were times when he had let go and I didn't know it.  He was there, but yet he wasn't.  He was watching me, always at the ready.

He was there, right beside me the whole time. 

He let go so that I could live what I learned.

It might seem like when we are in the midst of our worst time of trouble that God has hidden, but He has not.  He promises to never leave us nor forsake us.

He is simply reminding us...

    Live what you have learned from Me...

        "Be still, and know that I am God..."

            But that's just me!