The Psalmist Was a Man Unanswered

First, note that he was a man unanswered. 

He knew the bitterness of heaven's silence.

His opening cry in our deep psalm is this: "Hide not thyself from my supplication".

Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication. Psa 55:1

It is an easy thing to trust in God when swiftly and certainly our prayers are answered.

There are some who read this column whose life is a compact of answered prayer.

But when we pray and the face of God is hidden, and we are restless because heaven is silent-it is often difficult to trust Him then.

Especially is that true of intercession when we have been praying for someone who is dear, that God would spare a life or kill a habit or bring the beloved prodigal home again.

To continue trusting when we have prayed like that and the prayers have seemed to go whistling down the wind, is one of the hardest tasks in human life.

The splendid thing is that the psalmist did it. He refused to regard silence as indifference.

He knew that a thousand days are as one day to God and that sometimes love delays the chariot wheels.

Heaven might be silent and the face of God averted and all the comfort of fellowship withdrawn, but I will trust in thee.

~George H. Morrison~