When God Feels Quiet

Dear New Bethel Family, There are seasons when God feels wonderfully near. How you know is that prayer flows easily, Scripture speaks clearly, and you can almost sense His hand at work. Then there are quieter seasons. They are seasons much easier to spot because we pray, but no answer seems to come. We wait, but nothing appears to move. We keep trusting, yet the next step remains unclear. Psalm 46 gives us a simple word for such seasons:

Be still and know that I am God”

Stillness here does not mean getting quiet before God to hear His voice or going into solitude for meditation. It also not about giving up on life. What the Psalmist calls stillness is refusing to let uncertainty convince us that God has stopped being God. It is holding on to God’s Sovereignty and His power that still rules in the hearts of kings and paupers and everyone and everything in between. Stillness is bold faith. And sometimes faith looks like moving forward with confidence. Other times, it looks like staying rooted when we cannot see what God is doing. His silence does not mean His absence. The seed beneath the soil looks inactive, yet life is forming where no one can see it. In much the same way, God can be working deeply in places that remain hidden from us.

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And let this truth settle your heart: God is present even when His work is not yet visible.

Faith is not only trusting God when we can see His hand. It is resting in His presence when we cannot.

PRAYER

Lord, teach me to trust You in the quiet places. When I cannot see what You are doing, steady my heart and remind me that You are still near. Give me grace to wait without fear and faith to rest in who You are. And because of who You are as My God and My Father, I give You all the glory in Jesus’ name, AMEN! 

I call you blessed.

In His Presence, Rev. Dr. Jemiriye Fakunle Directing Pastor, New Bethel United Methodist Church To Know Him. To Make Him Known.