Psalm 13:1 World English version –

How long, Yahweh?  Will you forget me forever?  How long will you hide your face from me?

Young’s Literal translation

Till when, O Jehovah, dost thou forget me?…. forever? Till when dost thou hide they face from me?

Here we can see that the Author felt that God hast forgotten him and he longs for comfort.

We know that God cannot forget, but man often feels or felt as if he were forgotten for him (Psalm 42:9 – I will say unto God of my rock, why hast thou forgotten me?  Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?  Also, Psalm 44:24)

David felt that God hath forgotten him forever; He said How long will thou hide thy face from me.

• There are times we can connect with David. There are time we felt like God is not with us
• We felt like we are all alone going through our situation/s
• There are times we are going around wearing the latest cloths with the most gracious smile on our face, but deep down our heart is torn. It bleeds on the inside.

Our smile is not a smile of happiness but one of great sorrows.

• There are times we felt like we just want to run and never stop running just to get out of the situation
• There are times we felt like we want to screen but clutch/tighten our fist and teeth and screen on the inside.
• So many times we cry the invisible tears and hope that when goes to bed and open our eyes the problem will go away- but we realised that it’s still there.

What do we Do? 

• We take so many medications or even be angry with the people around us, but the stood still like the sun over or head.
• We cry out God.
• We fast and prayed like there is no tomorrow
• We read the bible more than how we used to.
• We worship more – but the problem is still there
• We find ourselves at the place where the word of comfort from family or friends meant nothing to us because the problem is looking us in the face.

Have you ever been at that place?
How long oh God will thou forget me. 
How Long will you hide your face from me?
Those are David words
But for me I know I would say –

Jesus, I know you hear and answer prayer.  I have been serving you for a very long time.  I know you have me.
I know this is nothing for you to solve.  Jesus.  I plea your blood over situation, I tear down situation.

I find myself in warfare.  

And for hours I am there tearing down powers from over my life and at the end I felt good.   

Do you know how to go in warfare?  Can I get a witness? 

I know at the end I felt good in myself, but a minute or two after that the sorrows stepped in because we have not heard what we want to from him.

We went in the mood again.   Lord have you hide your face from me?

David was at a place where he realised that he need to speak to himself.   He need to look at is situation.

•  How long with thou forget me oh Lord?
•  How long with thou hide thy face from me?
•  How long shall I take council in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily?
•  How long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?

Why so many how long?  How long am I going to be like this?
How long will these situations stay like this?
It’s a cry for deliverance, and great anguish of heart.

What is your cry?
Abraham Intercedes for Sodom (Genesis 18: 16 ….
 Abraham cry was peradventure (in Hebrew expresses hope)
Peradventure there be 50
Hold on there might not be 50 – peradventure there be 45
Peradventure there be 40
Then he said hold on a minute Lord.  Don’t be angry with me, but peradventure there be 30.
Don’t lose the plot Abraham, situation is different from David.
Abraham wasn’t selfish with his anointing – he was crying out to God on behalf of his brothers. 

We need to learn to step out of our selfish state and cry out to God on behalf of our brothers.  Abraham continues with intercession until he reached 10. 

Do we have any intercessors in the house?
How persistent are we in crying out to God on behalf of others.
I know there are times we became impatient and this might be because of our experience.

While we are waiting on God we get caught up in a mourning spirit.  “How Long.”
How long” Ahhhh!  How long our days appear when our soul is cast down with us?
How wearily the moments seem?
A week in prison well is longer than a month at liberty.

We keep bitter, How long? How Long? Can God forget?  Can Omniscience fail in memory?  God Forbid.

But you and I know its natural man that steps in and mingled with the spiritual.  But I am going to join with my friend Hope when situation present itself and say the devil is a liar.

I know God light shine on me and you and it’s the greatest blessing I know.
I remember this poem from I was very young.

Footprint in the sand by Mary Stevenson

I know there are so many times in my life there were footprints walking beside and I know it’s the Lord. 

I don’t know about you – but for me I know when the footprints are not beside me anymore it’s because the Lord is carrying me.  
The one set of footprints in the sand is not ours anymore but it’s God, because he is carrying me.  Is God carrying you? 

BRETHERN, Arise and let us drive away all doubts and murmurings and listen to the voice of our covenant God by the word of the prophet.

A woman may forget her sucking child, but God will not forget us.   He hath graven us upon the palm of his hands.  The nail prints are there as proof.

His anger may endure for a night, but his love is eternal.
We may feel like God hideth His face, but we must remember, that a hidden face is no sign of a forgetful heart.

A hidden face can be a sign of love?  Let us defile all logics.  Yes it us bad but a child who believe the parent turn away their will not stop until the father smiles.  So I am encourage you that perseverance and patients is good.

There are times when you feel like hope is gone
That’s when you need Jesus to help you carry on
He will hear you when you call
He will lift you when you fall and he is able to do above all

Our God is able to do the impossible
Our God is able to what no one else can do
He is supernatural, he can do the extra ordinary
He can do what no one else can do

There has been time in my life when I taught I was over and undone, then Jesus cane on the scene and spoke un-natural things that we can do greater things through him.

 Prayer

Lord I praise you for who you are and all things you had done and is still doing for me.  I know that you are a live and because you live all fears are gone.  You are the light of my life.  You are the King of all kings.  At this moment I pray that you may forgive me of all the sins I had committed, whether is taught words and deeds.

Lord David must felt pain pain and agony.  He must had felt like you are not with him.  I too feel this way.  When I look at all that i am going through.  It’s not easy.  there are times I felt like giving up.  There are time I felt like all hope is gone.  When I at my situation and see how those that I care about, those i sacrifice and fed how they turn their back on me.  But Lord God of Abraham, Jacob and Isaac i know you hear and answer prayer. 

Lord I present myself to you.  You said if my people who are called by my name shall humble themselves and pray and seek my face then I will hear from heaven and heal their land.  Lord you will heal my situation.  Told Lord I just want to place everything before you.  Take it Lord.  I know your promises are turn.  I present my health before you.   By your stripes I am heal.  I am heal of all physical and spiritual sicknesses.  I am delivered.  Lord I declare, I shall not go hungry.  there will be food in my cupboard, my children will not want any thing.  Lord I will have to give and not to borrow as your word proclaim. 

Lord, I thank you for restoration.

Amen.