Many are at a cave season. We have come to the place in our Christian walk where we have begun to experience dying to self. It is not by choice, but God has brought us to this place. We don't understand our experience, but we keep hoping. All God's people must experience such training and develop a Christlike character for what God is planning for them.
Character means experience by testing - as being approved or proven.
Many Christians, born-again individuals, are seeking the fullness of God without the experience needed to pull through what the enemy throws in front of them. And he was a chosen vessel. The Lord was with him. We each have qualities that make us who we are. As chosen vessels filled with the Holy Spirit, the Lord is with us, according to His Word.