The Lord is All We Need

When you’re in a season that nobody seems to understand,
it can feel like your closest friends have turned into strangers.

Even your own family seems blinded to your pain.

It’s a lonely place where silence echoes louder than words.
The ache of being unseen cuts very deep.

The psalmist David knew this place well too.
In Psalm 31:12 (NLT), he cried:
“I am ignored as if I were dead, as if I were a broken pot.”

Yet just two verses later, he lifted his eyes upward and exclaimed:
“But I am trusting you, O Lord, saying, ‘You are my God!’ My future is in your hands.”

Again, in Psalm 142:4 (NLT), he lamented:
“I look for someone to come and help me, but no one gives me a passing thought! No one will help me; no one cares a bit what happens to me.”

And yet one verse later, he lifted his eyes upward once more and declared:
“Then I pray to you, O Lord. I say, ‘You are my place of refuge. You are all I really want in life.’”

Wow.

If you’re in a season like this—one that feels like you’re standing in the middle of a crowded room, screaming, and no one even turns an ear—remember how David responded to his sorrow. He acknowledged his trust in the Lord, knowing his future was in His hands—and he confessed that the Lord was all he truly desired.

From this, we can draw one clear conclusion: the Lord is all we need.

This doesn’t mean that our pain isn’t real or valid—it absolutely is. But it does mean that in those lonely and hidden places, the Lord often shows up the most. It’s there that He teaches us what it means to lean on Him completely, to find refuge in His presence when we feel invisible.