God is surprisingly silent for being so sovereign

I've enjoyed dialoguing and developing a friendship with a missionary in Australia. I met Steve and his wife in November while they were in the States. Over the past year, Steve and I have exchanged thoughts and how the Lord is working in our lives. I recently expressed my reaction to Philip Yancey's article to Steve and how the Lord is teaching and showing me more of His grace. Steve's reply struck me, especially the line about God's sovereignty...like a ton of bricks. He wrote, "Life and the human heart are much more messy than the neat little world of correct answers we lay hold of in manuals of doctrine and how to’s of the Christian Life.  There is an ineffability that lays bare all our self-made safe havens.  Faith is more about mystery that formulas.  God is surprisingly silent for being so sovereign.  That’s one of the things about Job that is so encouraging.  God does not speak until the right moment.  Talking to God, knowing he hangs on every word- and without our knowing it He is working in some ineffable way.  Not knowing the answers and living in the in-between spaces of our clarity and orthodoxy is a challenge, but God is even in the in between spaces.  Berkhoff would probably have something orthodox to say about that, but even old Louise knew God was also outside the box."

I'm learning that God is at work, even in the silence.