Through your precepts I get understanding…Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.” Psalm 119:105.
Do you pray for direction, and hear nothing? Do you wonder if God even heard your prayers? You are not alone. Often we pour out our hearts in prayer, seeking His will; hearing nothing. God is silent. Not wanting to wait, we tend to forge ahead on our own. Yet, when I examine Scripture, God consistently teaches us to sit, pray, and wait.
Jesus began His ministry by fasting forty days alone in the wilderness (Matthew 4:1-11). He spent an entire night alone in prayer before choosing g His twelve disciples (Luke 6:12). Esther fasted and prayed for three days before she took the bold and courageous step of going before the king on behalf of her people, knowing it could mean her death (Esther 4:8-16). Elijah was in the wilderness for forty days and heard the “still small voice” (1 Kings 19:11-18).
What do these great people of faith teach us? To know God's leading, to hear His voice, we must listen and wait. Maybe we think God is silent because we never take the time to sit in God's Word and wait. When we do, He promises it will penetrate us to the marrow of our bones, to the deepest places in our heart. Hebrews 4:12 says, “The word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.”
When we choose to get alone with God, He promises to meet us there. Jeremiah 29:13-14 says, “You will seek me and find me. When you seek me with all your heart, I will be found by you, declares the Lord.”
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