Samuel. Moses. Elijah. Abraham. Each experienced moments in their life when they heard the voice of God. And while their experiences were specific to them, the truth is for us, even now. As His children, the Spirit of God dwells in us, and He desires for us to listen for, to listen to, and then to obey Him. Not as a one-time thing, but living in the ever-continuing, ever-deepening process of trusting Him and surrendering our way to His.
As followers of Jesus, we want to get to the point where we anticipate hearing from God, listen to Him when He speaks, and obey after hearing from Him.
But what do we do when He’s silent?
What do we do when we can’t hear His voice or see Him at work? We look at our circumstances, and it’s easy to start making assumptions about how He must feel about us. We look at what we’re going through, our feelings take over, and we can’t see how God is working in us and the world around us.
In life, there will be times when it feels like God is silent. But that’s when we choose to trust Him even when we don’t feel it. We choose to trust Him because of who He is, what He’s already said, and what He has promised to do.
When it feels like God is silent, we choose to trust.
