“When you’re praying and don’t hear an answer, does God still care?”
After Anna poured out her heart to God, she expected things to change quickly. She thought that by finally being honest about her pain, clarity would follow just immediately.
But as the days turned into weeks, and the weeks into months, nothing seemed to improve. The same uncertainty and frustration continued to hang over her like a cloud.
Even though she fought the urge to question God.
She started asking herself in her mind:
Where is God in all of this?
Why isn’t He doing something?
Anna continued to attend church, joined family prayer sessions, and read her Bible, but deep down, she was still struggling. It felt like God was silent, and her prayers were just bouncing off the ceiling.
Everyone around her seemed to carry on with their lives as though everything was perfectly fine, but Anna couldn’t shake the feeling that she was being left behind by her family, by the world, and even by God.
The Silence of Heaven
In moments of crisis, we often expect quick answers from God. When Anna prayed, she hoped that God would give her a sign, an open door, or at least a sense of peace.
Instead, there was nothing but silence. She began to wonder, Why isn’t God responding? Doesn’t He care about me?
I personally know that this is a feeling many people, especially young adults, wrestle with in their spiritual journey.
When life feels chaotic, and prayers seem to go unanswered, it’s easy to question whether God is truly there.
Anna’s chaos wasn’t just about her career prospects or family dynamics anymore it was about her faith. She had believed so deeply that God was in control, but now, she wasn’t so sure.
The silence made her doubt if God was still present in her life. She had followed all the “right” steps prayer, faith, church attendance yet her situation remained the same.
Is God ignoring me? she wondered, as her sense of hopelessness grew.
Finding God in the Storm
What Anna didn’t realize was that God’s silence didn’t mean He was absent. Sometimes, in the middle of our chaos, God is still working, even when we can’t see it.
It’s in these moments that faith becomes more than a feeling; it becomes a choice. Anna had to decide whether she would continue trusting God, even when she didn’t understand His timing.
She recalled the story of Jesus calming the storm in the Bible, where the disciples cried out to Him, afraid they were going to drown. Jesus responded by calming the sea, but only after they had been tossed by the wind and waves for a while.
Just like the disciples, Anna was in the middle of a storm, but she had forgotten that Jesus was right there in the boat with her. God hadn’t left her; He was simply waiting for the right moment to reveal His plan.
The Testing of Faith
This period of silence became a testing ground for Anna’s faith.
Would she still trust God when things weren’t going her way?
Could she still believe that He was good, even when her prayers seemed to go unanswered?
Anna began to realize that faith isn’t about always having immediate answers.
Sometimes, it’s about trusting God in the middle of the storm, believing that even when you can’t hear His voice, He’s still working behind the scenes.
The silence wasn’t a punishment, it was a chance for Anna to deepen her trust in God.
When she quieted her soul, she began to notice small ways that God was still present.
“Be still, and know that I am God.”.
Psalm 46:10
A verse that stood out to her during her Bible reading, like a friend reaching out with an encouraging word, or a sense of peace during her prayers, even if the situation hadn’t changed.
These small moments reminded her that God was still in control, even when she felt like her world was spinning out of it.
Conclusion
Trusting God in the Silence
In the chaos of life, it’s easy to feel abandoned, especially when God seems silent. But as Anna’s story shows, God’s silence is not the same as His absence.
“But those who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.”
~Isaiah 40:31
Sometimes, He uses the storms in our lives to grow our faith, to teach us how to trust Him, even when the answers don’t come right away.
When the chaos is overwhelming and the future uncertain, God is still there, guiding us through it all.
I really hope you enjoyed this piece, if you haven’t done so yet, please go have a refresher of Anna’s story from my first post on this series:
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