"Faith often grows in the space between the prayer and the answer."
There are times when we pray and the situation does not change right away. The worry is still there. The decision is still difficult. The person we are concerned about still has not responded. The door we hoped would open still seems closed. In those moments, it can be easy to wonder if Jehovah has heard us, or if our prayers have somehow fallen into some type of void.
But faith often grows in the space between the prayer and the answer. That waiting space can reveal what we are leaning on, what we are afraid of, and how deeply we believe that Jehovah sees what we cannot. He may not remove the problem immediately, but he can steady the heart that is carrying it.
Psalm 34:18 reminds us that Jehovah is close to the brokenhearted. That closeness may not always arrive as a sudden solution. Sometimes it comes as calm we did not expect, strength for one more day, a timely scripture, a kind word, or the noble ability to keep going without falling apart.
So if the answer has not come yet, do not assume nothing is happening. Jehovah can be working in ways too subtle to notice at first and too wise to understand right away.