What to do when God seems silent?

When God is silent What does it mean?

It means that there is something better than knowing all the answers: knowing and trusting the only One who does know and will never forsake us (Hebrews 13:5). Trusting God when we don't hear him ultimately strengthens and purifies us.

When God is silent he is doing something?

Isaiah 65:24 (KJV) declares, “And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; And while they are yet speaking, I will hear.” Remember when God is quiet, He is up to something. There are several other examples in the Bible that show the power of prayer.

What does the Bible say about when God is silent?

God may be silent but he is not absent. Matthew 1:23 says, “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” (which means “God with us”). When you hear God's silence and feel his absence, trust his presence.

What to do when God seems distant?

If you feel God is hiding His face from you, that may be the exact blessing He has in mind for you. Tell God that you love Him and that you cannot be content without Him, and it will not be long before He turns his face toward you again.

What to Do When God Feels Distant

Why does God distance himself?

God distances himself because he loves. Jüngel, Moltmann and others have argued for God's self-limitation before creation because of his love; it is therefore worthwhile reflecting if this divine self-contraction (or Zimzum) is not analogous to a kind of self-distancing of God from his creation.

How do you know if God wants you to leave?

When God doesn't answer our prayers?

It could be you're not a child of God.

This may sound obvious or even cruel, but God has no obligation to answer the prayers of unbelievers (Psalm 34:15, 17; Proverbs 15:8, 29; John 9:31; 1 Peter 3:12). He may answer, but He has not obligated Himself to do so.

How do I meet God in silence?

Can you pray to God in silence?

When you think about it, praying through silence is perhaps one of the simplest and easiest ways for you to pray. After all, you don't have to worry about how to pray or what to say. In fact, the whole point of silence is for you to do and say nothing.

What are signs that God is talking to you?

It's been posited that God speaks to us through circumstances: blocked pathways, dreams, feelings, inspirations, music, nature, symbols, tender mercies, thoughts and visions. Some say he communicates through the community of believers, prayer, scriptures, sermons, wise counsel and His very creation.

What does God say about a quiet spirit?

Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair and the wearing of gold jewelry and fine clothes. Instead, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God's sight.

How do you know if God is telling you he is not the one?

God said he's not the one. You don't have peace about the relationship. He doesn't love God or have a relationship with God. You are unequally yoked in your relationship and he does not show any interest to want to grow closer to God.

Why does God delay in answering prayers?

To appreciate the answer. What comes to us quick and easy is not always valued as what comes to us slow and hard. God may delay in answering prayer so that you appreciate the answer more deeply.

Why prayers are not answered?

- As long as your prayers are for selfish motives, driven by pride hidden in your heart, God will not answer them. - Other versions start this verse with “don't be anxious” in place of “Be careful…” - Once you know God has said yes, you know you will receive it.

Who experienced God through a quiet silence?

Jesus' Disciples Prayed in Solitude and Silence

Peter went away from his traveling companions to go into solitude and silence and seek God. He had a vision and heart the voice of the Lord three times. His experience led to the Gospel being spread among the Gentiles.

Is God sometimes silent?

God is sometimes silent because He knows we aren't willing to obey. He is always ready to show us His will, but He shows His will only to those who really want to do it. Jesus said in John 7:17, "If anyone wants to do His will, he shall know concerning the doctrine." Obedient people always hear the voice of God.

How do I get direct contact with God?

What is spiritual silence?

Silence is easier to define than solitude. In the spiritual realm, it is not the literal absence of all noise, but the absence of all human-created stimuli. “Human-created” because most would consider a walk in the woods, in which the sounds of nature are present, to still be a time of “silence.”

Why God is not listening to me?

[1] This isn't the same as when God doesn't answer our prayers the way we want—there are other reasons why He might choose to do that. When He doesn't listen to us, it is likely because our sin has caused offense to Him and hindered our prayers.

What to do when your prayers seem unanswered?

We must not judge the Lord, nor should we harden our hearts when seemingly an answer has not come. Instead, we need to trust the Lord and know he is answering our prayers in his own way and by his own means. As Isaiah taught us: For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord.

Why isn t God answering me?

Maybe God's not answering your prayers because you are approaching him without confidence in his goodness. Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God—who gives to all generously and ungrudgingly—and it will be given to him. But let him ask in faith without doubting.

What God says about letting go?

Isaiah 43:18-19

18 “Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. 19 See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.

What does it mean when God makes you uncomfortable?

Your burning, uncomfortable heart may mean God is trying to: Have you unlearn some old ways of thinking or behaving. Stretch you into a new area of increased effectiveness. Uncover a ungodly character trait in you that He wants to transform.

Will God ever abandon me?

We can lean on God's promise to never leave us or to forsake us (Deuteronomy 31:6). It is only Jesus, while hanging on a cross, with the sin of all the world upon him, whom God had in fact abandoned. And in his anguish, Jesus echoed David's wail, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” (Matthew 27:46).