Trusting in the Quiet

Two years ago, I bought Faith and Fire: Elijah, a Bible study by Priscilla Shirer, and it wasn’t until a week ago I opened it and began the work. The days leading up to me finally diving into it, the front cover kept flashing into my brain and, for the life of me, I couldn’t find it anywhere! Then one morning, cleaning out my laptop bag (that I carry often), it was nestled in between a few notebooks. I just smiled.

God will find you, if you let Him.

I wasn’t sure what I was looking for in this study or why God put it on my heart to read it now, two years later. But the timing couldn’t have been more precise.

Lately, I've been in a space that feels like waiting - but also stretching. Like most, I've been balancing so many things at once: motherhood, work, leadership, and the desire to do more for the people in my life. And while everything on the outside looks "together", I've constantly been asking God for direction only to be met with test after test.

This is why Elijah's story hits differently this time and perhaps that's why God hid it in plain sight for two years -- for this exact moment. It's not just about the dramatic showdown on Mount Carmel but the moments of obedience and sacrifice leading up to it -the wilderness, the waiting, the hidden preparation.  Priscilla reminds us that God often shapes us privately before using us publicly. And wow… that felt like a mirror.

I realized I've been so focused on clarity- wanting to know the why, the how, the what's next. I realized God isn't asking for my plan. God is asking for my surrender, inviting me to a deeper kind of faithfulness.

There’s one particular moment in the study where Priscilla said something like, “God uses private seasons of preparation to shape public moments of purpose.” I felt like writing it on a sticky note and putting it in my desk drawer so I would never forget that God has not forgotten me in the waiting.

He’s forming something in me. And maybe the refining is part of the calling, not a pause from it.

This study brought me back to a simple, powerful truth: obedience is not about outcomes—it’s about trust. And that trust is built not in loud declarations, but in quiet surrender. That’s the kind of woman I want to be. One who follows God without needing all the answers. One who trusts His voice more than my fear. One who understands that being used by God doesn’t always look like being seen—it often looks like being still because I know God will never waste an obedient life.

I’ve been wondering if the unseen things I’m doing—the quiet prayers, the hard choices, the intentional pauses—really matter. But they do. They absolutely do.

This study reminded me that even when it feels like nothing is happening, something is. God is preparing. God is pruning. God is positioning me—and maybe you, too—for something beyond what we can see right now. Preparing us for the Mount Carmel moment where we are bold enough to not only believe God will answer us by fire but to ask Him to do it.

So if you’re in a season where you feel a little hidden, a little unsure, or even a little worn out… I just want to say: God sees you. And He’s not late. He’s right on time. Que Dottie Peoples :)

Keep showing up.

Keep saying yes.

Keep trusting in the quiet.