Biblical Answer

God is not silent. He has spoken to us through His Word, the Bible. He has revealed Himself to us, and we have the answer to our questions. The problem is not that God is silent, but that we are not listening to Him. We have to be sensitive to His voice, and we have to be willing to hear His silence. When we are not sensitive enough to detect His voice, we quench it, and our spiritual life suffers. This is a warning to us to be careful not to ignore God's voice, lest we suffer the consequences of not hearing Him.

The psalmist in Psalm 83:1 asks God to speak and not be silent. This is a prayer for God to be audible and clear in His communication with us. But God does not always speak with a loud voice. He often whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pains. This is how He rouses a deaf world to listen to Him. We have to be careful not to ignore God's voice, lest we suffer the consequences of not hearing Him.

The Bible teaches us that God is always listening and always answers our prayers. Sometimes the answer is no or wait, but He always answers. We may not always understand why God answers our prayers the way He does, but we have to trust that He is always working for our good. We have to be careful not to assume that God is not listening or that He is not answering our prayers. We have to be sensitive to His voice and trust that He is always working in our lives. As the Bible says, "Do not be terrified . . . The LORD your God, who goes before you, will fight for you" (Deuteronomy 31:6). We have to trust that God is always fighting for us and working in our lives.