God's Silence in the Darkness?

My soul waits in silence for the Lord God only; from Him is my salvation.  He is my rock and my salvation, my stronghold; I shall not be shaken.....Psalms 62:1-2


What do we do when we feel God is  silent when we are in the midst of darkness or adversity?  As His children we cry out to Him to help us because we want escape or relief from whatever circumstances we are in at that moment.  I have found myself here so many times, darkness surrounding me and wondering why the Lord didn't hear me when I cried out; why wasn't He answering  me.

It is only of late I have begun to see that it isn't He who isn't listening but I who may not be hearing.  Scripture tells us that God hears the cry's of His children, the afflicted and needed,  (Ps???)  It also tells us He is sovereign...(   ) and all things are in His control,  He even uses evil to His purposes.

Recently I went through what I can only describe as a time of pure chaos and total neediness due to my illness.  Alone and unable to reach anyone, I suddenly needed help I could not find.  I should have been totally panicked, yet all through the hours it took to get the help I needed, I knew the Lord was with me, working out all the circumstances for my good. His presences was the most peaceful and calming thing I have ever experienced.  When God says He is our peace and our strength and our shield. He does what He says.   He was for me that night.

Most of us wonder, at times, when adversity strikes, why God doesn't seem to  "help" us when we are calling out to Him. When we are asking, Where are You God? Don't you see what's happening to me?   What I've come to know is He knows exactly what's happening to me and why, even if I don't at the time.

As I have come to know the Lord Presence in my daily life and His ways through Scriptures, one truth stands out to me,  I have been learning  He does hear His children ... always.   What we don't understand is what His purpose and plan is for what's happening.  He answers many times very differently than I think or expect He should.   One of the most difficult lessons I've had to learn, next to learning to listen to Him, is surrendering to His sovereign will.  Accepting as His daughter, that as long as I am not walking in willful disobedience, He will not allow anything into my life that is not His will.  He has promised this is so.

Gods Word says, "The Lord has established His throne in the heavens, and His sovereignty rules over all ... Psalms 103:19...Whether one chooses to believe this, or not, doesn't make it any less true.  And I for one am so glad it is true.  If God is for me, who can be against me?  Absolutely nothing can separate me from His love and He will work all things to my good...sometime, someway, somehow....I just have to make sure my relationship is right with Him.  Then I will hear what He wants to speak to me at His appointed time and I can trust in His sovereignty while I wait.

Oh Lord, You are so loving and wonderful.  I can not image my life without You by my side. Without Your wonderful peace that You give especially when darkness assails me..  I never want to  lose the experience of Your Presence and pray that through me others may come to know Your wonderful love as well.  Thank You Lord. Thank You!

The heavens speak  the glory of God; and their expanse declares the work of His hands. Psalms 19:1

How can anyone declare there is no God.  Our earth and the entire Universe, shouts there is a God; a Creator, the Maker of heaven and earth.

The Lord is good to all He has made and His lovingkindness is everlasting.  Oh how He wants us to know Him.  And to love Him and worship Him.  Every man, woman, and child created has a place within them that can only be filled by Him.  Nothing else in this life can satisfy that place except Jesus Christ, God's Son, who purchased our redemption, our way to a relationship with the God who created us.

That redemption, what was the plan, since man had been separated from a holy God because the resulting sin from the Fall, how did He plan to bring this redemption plan about?  Through the most ordinary circumstances man has ever known.  The birth of a Baby Boy, a Savior, a King,  in a lowly stable,  to a young couple committed to obeying God, even when they most likely didn't understand every thing which was happening. From the very beginning of time, God knew man would sin against Him and He had a perfect plan already in place.   A Perfect Man coming to show the world how much the Father loves His creation.

The God of Heaven wants us to know His love for us; to know that we can be accepted by Him just as we are when we accept the gift He offered in that manger the night the angels sang from heaven at the birth of Gods Son, come to save His people.  Christ alone is our way to the Father.  Our only way to fill the void that so many live with day in and day out.  He gives life and light and peace and joy that can never be satisfied another way.


Oh Lord how wonderful You are to me.  How You fill my life with Your love and Your peace and Light my path.  I could never image life without You at the center now.  Scripture says many are invited, but few are chosen.  Thank You, thank You, thank You for choosing me as one of Your children, my blessed Redeemer.