Have you ever sent a message and watched the time pass with no reply? You do not leave it alone, you start interpreting it. Silence makes us restless, interpretive, even defensive. We assume it means absence, disinterest, or rejection, and we carry that into our relationship with God. But Scripture does not begin where our instincts do. The Bible treats silence as a place where faith is tested and revealed. It preserves not only praise and answered prayer, but unanswered cries, waiting, and complaint. Habakkuk cries out and hears no response. He is not rebuked, he is taught to wait. Waiting is not passivity, it is faith stretched over time, continuing to live faithfully without clarity or resolution. That tension reaches its deepest point at the cross. Jesus cries, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” (Matthew 27:46) and heaven remains silent. This is the space of faith – faithfulness inside silence. Because Jesus entered the deepest silence, he shows that silence does not mean abandonment for those who belong to Him. Silence is God’s pause for us to breathe in His Spirit. So when God is silent, faith is continuing in trust, even when nothing is explained. (Adam B) Open Bible – https://bit.ly/Mat27v46
