Sound of Silence

Why does it seem that God is so silent when we most want to hear from him?

C.S. Lewis, in Till We Have Faces, says this:

"I know now, Lord, why you utter no answer. You are yourself the answer. Before your face questions die away. What other answer would suffice?"

"You are yourself the answer." Do you believe that? Pretty hard isn’t it? God says nothing because his promised presence is enough. Faith says, "He is the answer. He is sufficient."

Silence does not mean absence.

On the cross, Jesus, quoting Psalm 22, cries out words that sometimes we feel and own, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"

The silence of God is painful, and the referenced Psalm 22 appeals for God to be present in crisis.

And He is.

The same God who was silent on Friday was not absent. He was working a plan, and he raised Jesus from the dead on Sunday morning. If you follow Jesus, then he promises to raise you too.

Please don’t mistake silence for absence.

Be still and know. Find rest and peace.