“The LORD will fight for you, and you must be quiet.” (Exodus 14:14)

“When I am afraid, I will trust in you.” (Psalm 56:3)

Here is one of our great prayer traps:

We, in aiming for faithful and earnest and pleading prayers, try to have both sides of the conversation. We bring our requests, our struggles, and our fears to the LORD—and we just keep talking. We ask Him to move and we suggest how He might move and we wonder aloud why He hasn’t moved yet.

We ask…

…and we almost never leave room for His answer.

There is a real power to silence in prayer. Really, it’s the power of patience, which is a power ultimately rooted in trust. Bring your cares and your needs and your fears to the Father, who loves you—but trust Him enough to let Him answer in His way, His will, according to His when.

God is for you. He will answer. Every battle is won in Him.

But you have to be quiet, and trust Him.

—Tyler