There is an immense mystery in God and His ways, but one must continue to trust and pray to him anyway, no matter what. God has been faithful in the past numerous times and He has led me on from victory unto victory, but now, this time, I have suffered a terrible defeat in a spiritual battle, and I can find no reason for it since I have been faithful. Sin is having its way with me; the devil keeps prowling and roaring; disease is running rampant and death is looming. I am like a sheep to be slaughtered.
Why? What’s going on? Where is my Overcomer now? No answer comes; there is just mystery. Sometimes it is hard to keep faith when there is disappointment with what I expected from God, and when the crushed enemies keep rising up to tempt and torment.
But God is still my God; God is still good, all the time, no matter what. I will still trust in His faithful, unconditional, total, and permanent love. Therefore, I will still pray, “Awake, O Lord, from slumber; Arise from hiding. Help now and redeem because of Your mercy and unfailing love in Christ Jesus.”