Quiet God When God Seems Silent Natasha Metzler Thank you for sharing this. it is beautiful and encouraging to read about the real struggles people have. i am so glad you were able to see god at work! it is so hard when he seems quiet. can i just say…you are whole, just as you are. you are perfectly loved, exactly as you are–and nothing you say or do can ever change that. Quiet god (when god seems silent) april 11, 2012 by natasha metzler. it is easter morning and i’m curling frizz, pinning up locks and smearing on lotion. my closet.
Quiet God When God Seems Silent Natasha Metzler We traveled and visited our little annie and touched her tiny feet, let her impossibly small fingers wrap around ours. every day that passed with her still breathing, my fears eased. we serve a miracle working god and i prayed his miracles into my daughter’s life. but again, things didn’t turn out the way i expected. I can learn from it. even if i never have a baby. it doesn’t matter—because who god is, isn’t dependant on my life circumstance. he is the god who is actively present. and he never changes—no matter what type of pain i face. so, you friend— you who feel all alone in your heartache—it’s not true. you’re not alone. god is here. Therefore, when god seems silent to us as born again believers, it may mean that we have stopped listening to his voice, we have allowed the cares of this world to plug our spiritual ears, or we have neglected his word. god does not speak to us today in signs, wonders, fire, or wind. his spirit speaks to us through the word, and in that word we. Waiting when god seems silent. in a time of suffering, david engaged in righteous self talk about how he should respond in light of god’s goodness: “wait for the lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the lord!” (psalm 27:14). the call to wait on god is an invitation to trust and hope.
How To Survive God S Silence Natasha Metzler Therefore, when god seems silent to us as born again believers, it may mean that we have stopped listening to his voice, we have allowed the cares of this world to plug our spiritual ears, or we have neglected his word. god does not speak to us today in signs, wonders, fire, or wind. his spirit speaks to us through the word, and in that word we. Waiting when god seems silent. in a time of suffering, david engaged in righteous self talk about how he should respond in light of god’s goodness: “wait for the lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the lord!” (psalm 27:14). the call to wait on god is an invitation to trust and hope. 2. accept god’s authority. recognize that god can be silent. there is no obligation for god to answer you, inform you or let you know anything. “god is said to be absolutely free,” says a.w. tozer in “the knowledge of the holy,” “because no one and no thing can hinder him or compel him or stop him. When god seems silent. god can be maddeningly hard to get. when god says that his ways are not our ways, he really means it (isaiah 55:8). we have these encounters with him where he breaks into our lives with power and answers our prayers and wins our trust and waters the garden of our faith, making it lush and green.
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