When God is Silent, What Do You Do?

Following God's Lead

In my experience, when I’ve prayed to God and he was silent it meant one of two things. He had already answered the prayer and I wasn’t paying attention (or didn’t like the answer). The other reason was that he didn’t have anything to say to me at that time. So what do you do when this happens? You must have patience and wait on the Lord. “Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised).” (Hebrew 10:23)

God can hear your prayer. There are a number of reasons why he’s not answering you. You just have to continue to trust that he is taking care of you no matter how long it takes to hear from him. Remember that God’s time is not our time. He is not bound by time and space the way that we are bound.

Once when I prayed and God didn’t answer, I found later that he was working on something for me in order to answer the prayer. One particular event had to occur in order for my prayer to be answered, and that event had nothing to do with me. I’ll give you an example. Years ago, I was in desperate need of a car. I was under a lot of stress as a result of not having one and every day I had to rely on others to get me where I needed to go. I was working full time and going to school full time. I was also paying for a cab ride home most nights. I prayed and asked God to help me get a car. I tried everything that I could think of to make it happen for about 3 months but nothing worked. I continued to pray and it just didn’t seem like God was going to grant my request. My mother was unable to help me and she suggested that I call my brother. It had not occurred to me to call my brother. I called my brother and told him that I needed a car and I wanted to see if he could lend me the money (I didn’t have enough to get one). He told me that he had just purchased a truck and I could have his car. What I didn’t know, when I was stressed about God not answering my prayer, was that God was waiting for my brother to purchase his truck. God knew that my brother was going to give me his car. All along God was working it out for me and I didn’t even know it. I focused on the situation which just increased my stress. When I realized what God had done for me, I was ashamed that I didn’t trust that he would answer my prayer.

So again, be patient and just continue to trust God.

“But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.” (Isaiah 40:31)

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