Do not delay

'You are my help and my deliverer, O Lord do not delay.'
Psalm 70:5

We all have struggles and areas in our lives that are/have been affected by tribulation - for we live in a sinful world. And there have been times when we have wondered what is the Lord doing - why does He delay? - I am struggling with these things and I can't seem to understand what is going on, Lord are you there!
Yet we serve a God that is intimately acquainted with us. He created us, He formed us in our mother's womb, He loves us with an everlasting love and He sent His Son to die for us. So, why do we, at times, have such difficulty believing that He is our help and our deliverer? When we are 'in the moment' of our struggles, our trials, our tribulations, we have difficulty seeing that the fire of adversity provides the crucible for greater strength in and renewal and even restoration of our faith and relationship with Him.
I know what you are going to say - but I can do just as well in my faith and relationship with Him without the struggles and the trials and the tribulations! Silver is not refined without fire, wheat is not ready until it has been threshed, a diamond is not created without pressure. And so it is with man - our sinful nature pushes us away from God, not closer to Him. The struggle has been the flesh against the spirit and the flesh is held captive to the world and its desires - lust of the eye, lust of the flesh and the pride of life.
The life in the spirit must become the place where we live each day and I believe that our Lord not only desires that we live there but He is also our help in achieving it. He has delivered us from the wiles of this world, He has helped us to overcome our flesh by the power of His atoning work - we need to walk in His victory. And yes, sometimes it seems as though we are out there on a limb, by ourselves, facing the adversity of the world alone and we wonder - why do you delay, oh Lord, in helping me, and where are you, oh Lord, my deliverer?
And yet the truth is - You are my help and my deliverer, in You alone Lord shall I trust!