God has not left you, even if you don't feel Him. We see throughout the Bible that God is always looking for ways to come near to His creation and He never turned His back to the children of Adam and Eve, meaning us! Time and time again we see that He finds ways to meet us, speak to us and lead us.
Rahab's mind was activated when she heard what God did in the past. This helped her to know what to do in her days....
We can get strength out of the story of the Israelites. It's easy to point our fingers to them and call them stubborn, but...
Was Elijah's strength out of a source that is unreachable to us? Not at all! That's why it's so good for us to study...