The silence….maybe you have felt it. Those times in your life where you just cannot seem to hear God that well or even at all. You’ve asked God to search your heart, be there any wicked way in you, and reveal it to you….but nothing. You start to wonder what you are doing wrong and begin thinking, “well, I could do this better, have a better attitude in this area, not think those thoughts in that area, not act this way in that area…and on and on and on…..still nothing.
“Consider it pure joy my brothers and sisters when you encounter trials of many kinds because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.” –James 1:2-3. Sometimes, the trial is the silence. Sometimes the trial is remembering all the times God has been moving in your life like crazy, doing unimaginable things with unquenchable power, and wondering why that is not happening now. “and let perseverance finish its work so you may be mature and complete, not lacking in anything.”-James 1:4. Let it finish…that means submission to the silence. That means holding tight to faith knowing that in doing so you are in fact strengthening your faith muscles and maturing. That means realizing that the Almighty God does not owe you anything and your response to that is gratitude for what He already gave you….eternal salvation. That also means still enduring in prayer and reading His Words because you are nothing without them.
I was around some amazing wonderful women warriors of God today who all shared about these seasons of silence. And you know what…THERE is God. Among the rocks near the shore, four friends, encouraging one another in faith….Christ in us…hearts desiring Him…and all of a sudden I noticed…when you have friends on fire for Jesus….God isn’t so silent after all.