There are several people in the Bible that felt the same way.
Psalm 35:23 23 Awake, and rise to my defense!Arise...rise up. Awake. The Lord does not sleep while evil triumphs & the oppressed cry to him in vain (as they do to Baal see 1 Kings 18:27) But the psalmists' language of urgent prayer vividly express their anguished impatience with God's inaction in the face of their great need.
Contend for me, my God and Lord.
Sometimes we think God isn't listening. We may say things to Him like..are you sleeping? Are you even listening to me? Hello...can you hear me!?
Philippians 1:16In this verse Philippians 1:16 Paul is speaking. We know that Paul had been arrested for preaching the gospel of Jesus, however we aren't sure if this is actual or figurative concerning the Chains.
16 The latter do so out of love, knowing that I am put here for the defense of the gospel.
Chains for Christ. It has become apparent to all who know of Paul's situation that he is imprisoned, not because he is guilty of some crime, buy on account of his stand for the gospel, whole palace guard. A contingent of soldiers, numbering several thousand, many of whom would have been assigned individually to guard him during the course of his imprisonment chains. Either actual or a broader reference to his suffering & imprisonment.
1 John 2:1 My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have an advocate (defender)) with the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.Dear children, John the aged apostle, often used this expression of endearment (the term in 2:18 translates a different Greek word.) one who speaks... in our defense. One Greek word underlies this phrase, which refers to someone who speaks in court in behalf of a defendant . Righteous One in God's court the defender must be, and is, sinless.
But God our Defender is A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling.
He will go to court for you for their Defender is strong; he will take up their case against you.
You don't have to fear because he is defending the fatherless and the oppressed, so that mere earthly mortals will never again strike terror.
We have brother's who share our pain. It is right for me to feel this way about all of you, since I have you in my heart and, whether I am in chains or defending and confirming the gospel, all of you share in God’s grace with me.
Even when you don't have someone you can turn to He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow, and loves the foreigner residing among you, giving them food and clothing.
He helps us against our enemies And this he said about Judah: “Hear, LORD, the cry of Judah; bring him to his people. With his own hands he defends his cause. Oh, be his help against his foes!”
He doesn't want you to be burdened down and consumed by the things of this world This is what your Sovereign LORD says, your God, who defends his people: “See, I have taken out of your hand the cup that made you stagger; from that cup, the goblet of my wrath, you will never drink again.
He helps the sick, needy and the bullied. May he defend the afflicted among the people and save the children of the needy; may he crush the oppressor.
The one that can save you is the STRONGEST. Yet their Redeemer is strong; the LORD Almighty is his name. He will vigorously defend their cause
He is the Judge and Jury and will Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy.
And He does all of this so that we can Learn to do right; seek justice. So He can Defend the oppressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow.
So He defended the cause of the poor and needy, and so all went well.
Friend God is listening and waiting for you to call on his name. BUT if you are NOT saved He doesn't listen to you. Learn how to be saved by clicking here.
He said taste and see that the Lord is good. Blessed it the one who hides and takes refuge in him. Is that not what it means to know me?” declares the LORD.
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