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 Has God Stopped Talking to You?

No one seems immune. I’m not aware of any Christian who hasn’t experienced that silence. Sometimes it’s described as dryness, like a drought or a desert. It’s also been called the “dark night of the soul.” Experiencing the silence of God is part of being a Christian. There’s no getting around it. But there are things we can do to help us get through it.

The first step is to take a look at potential causes for blockage. Continuing sin or an unrepentant attitude can cause a hardening of our heart. God doesn’t necessarily stop speaking; we lose the ability to hear Him. It’s as if we plugged our ears.

Another common blockage can be our own expectations. Perhaps we are listening for only the answer we want, not hearing what God is actually telling us. We may be expecting an answer to a specific request for help; His silence could be an answer that means He wants us to work, at least for a while, drawing used defibrillator our own resources. Perhaps as a way to strengthen us for the future. So there are times we are not experiencing blockage—God is truly being silent, for His reasons.

Whatever the cause, His silences are uncomfortable. They may even cause us to question our relationship with Him, His trustworthiness, even what we believe about Him.

Throwing our hands up in the air and walking away from the relationship isn’t the answer. In fact, it’s not even an option; where would you go to get away st jude defibrillator God? Getting angry at Him is understandable but no more helpful than getting angry with another person over a similar breakdown in communication. Anger brings its own form of blockage.

Instead, we need to look deeper into the silence. Be willing to fully experience the silence. To relax in the silence. God could be helping us to detach from a dependence on results or a dependence guidant particular kind of experience of Him. This is especially true if we’ve been enjoying “breakthrough” moments. He may want to move us toward more faith in Him and Him alone. We could also be learning some humility and patience from His silence, two lessons I can’t seem to get enough of.

The important thing is to persevere. (Another lesson for us, perhaps?) We must continue to thank God, to praise Him, to talk to Him. We must have the belief, the faith, the trust that He will resume speaking to us when it will accomplish the greatest good for us through His will.

Because just as we’ve all experienced His silence, so, too, we’ve experienced the re-establishment of His communication. The reason behind the silence usually becomes clear, although not always right away. And invariably, ultimately, His silence is golden…for us.