Biblical Answer

The question of why God seems silent when we're screaming for help is a common one. However, God is not silent. He has told us who He is through the Bible, and He has spoken to us through His Word. But we often prefer to listen to His servants rather than to Him. This is because we are afraid of oneness with God, and we don't want to hear His voice. The sense of warning and restraint that the Spirit gives comes to us in gentle ways, but if we're not sensitive enough to detect His voice, we will quench it, and our spiritual life will suffer.

The reason we don't hear God's voice is because we're not listening. We're too busy crying out for help, and we're not taking the time to be still and listen to Him. God speaks to us in our pleasures, but also in our pains. He uses these moments to rouse a deaf world, to awaken us to His presence and power. As the psalmist said, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Why art thou so far from helping me?" This is a cry of desperation, but it's also a cry of faith. The psalmist knows that God is near, even in the midst of suffering.

So, why does God seem silent when we're screaming for help? It's because we're not listening. We're too busy making noise, and we're not taking the time to be still and hear His voice. But God is always listening, and He does answer all of our prayers, even if sometimes the answer is no or wait. We may not always understand why God answers our prayers the way He does, but we can trust that He is always working for our good. As the Bible says, "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight." (Proverbs 3:5-6) We can trust that God is always near, even in the midst of suffering, and that He will always answer our prayers in His perfect timing.