09/02/2026
What do you do when God seems silent?
I’ve heard people say, “Just follow the peace.”
That sounds wonderfully spiritual. But what if you don’t feel peaceful?
I doubt Peter felt particularly at peace climbing out of a perfectly good boat and stepping onto the water.
I doubt Israel felt warm and fuzzy standing at the edge of the Jordan River.
Sometimes faith feels less like peace and more like, “Okay, God…I sure hope I’m going to survive this.”
We’re also told, “When God hasn’t given you clear direction, use wisdom.”
Good advice.
But what about those seasons when you’re praying for wisdom, and begging for direction, and heaven still seems strangely quiet?
I’m learning that the silence of God does not mean the absence of God.
Sometimes there is no flashing neon sign from heaven. No angel with a memo. No unmistakable voice telling us exactly what to do next.
Sometimes we pray. We listen. We seek wise counsel. We search Scripture. And then, with trembling knees and an uncertain heart, we take the next best step we know to take.
Solomon wrote, “Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.” Prov. 3:5-6
Notice it doesn’t say, “Understand everything and then trust.”
Trust comes first.
And here’s what gives me hope: God is bigger than my ability to make a perfect decision.
Even when I’m trying to do the right thing, I can miss or misread something and make a wrong turn. But I am still held by a Father who is kind, good, gracious, and ridiculously patient and good toward His kids.
His silence doesn’t mean He’s gone.
And an uncertain step taken while trusting Him is still a step of faith.
“Faith is not the absence of uncertainty. It is trusting God in the middle of it.”
So pray. Listen. Seek wisdom. And then take the next step.
You don’t have to see the whole road.
You just have to trust the One who does.
