I believe in God. I trust Him. But I’d be lying if I said I understand why He’s not opening any doors right now. And, I’m going to be honest, this isn’t one of those blogs written from the other side of a breakthrough. This is what it looks like when you’re doing everything you know to do… and nothing is working.
You’ve prayed. You’ve tried. You’ve done what you believe is right. And still… nothing opens. At some point, the question changes. It’s no longer, “God, which door should I walk through?” It becomes, “God… why won’t You open one?”
Because this doesn’t feel like guidance. It feels like silence.
That’s where faith gets real. It’s easy to trust God when something is happening, when doors open, when things move, when there’s progress you can point to and say, “See? That’s Him.” But what about when He doesn’t? What about when you need something to change… and it doesn’t? When you’re ready, but nothing is available? When you’re willing, but there’s no opportunity?
That’s a different kind of faith.
We love the idea of “His timing is perfect” until His timing feels late, silent, or completely disconnected from what we actually need. Because let’s be honest, if it were up to you, you would have opened the door already.
So why doesn’t he? Not to frustrate you. Not to ignore you. But because you’re not just being led, you’re being formed. Look at Book of Job. He didn’t lose everything because he made a mistake. He lost everything while doing everything right, and what he got in return, at first, was silence.
Or look at Abraham. Given a promise, and then made to wait. Not days. Not months. Years. Because the delay wasn’t about the promise. It was about the person receiving it.
This is the part we don’t like, we want doors. God wants development. We want answers. God is building endurance. We want movement. God is testing what we’ll do without it. And those are not the same thing.
If God opened every door when you felt ready, you would walk into things you’re not actually prepared to carry. The job you want requires a version of you that doesn’t quit under pressure. The relationship you want requires emotional stability you might still be developing. The life you’re asking for requires discipline that isn’t fully tested until nothing is working.
So instead of opening the door, He lets you sit in front of it. Who are you when nothing is happening? Do you stay consistent or drift? Do you hold your standards or lower them? Do you trust Him, or only trust results? Because the version of you that shows up when there is no reward is the version that walks through the right door when it finally opens.
Because it is. It’s not just about what you’re trying to get. It’s about who you are while you’re not getting it. Even in the Book of Ecclesiastes, King Solomon wrestled with how life doesn’t always move according to effort or expectation.
Meaning this tension you feel isn’t new, but it is necessary.
God’s timing doesn’t feel powerful when you’re in it. It feels slow. It feels quiet. It feels like nothing is happening. But if the door hasn’t opened yet, you have to consider this:
It’s not because God isn’t working. It’s because He’s not finished.
And when He finally does open it, it won’t just be the right opportunity, it will meet the right version of you.
If you’re in that waiting season right now, this is exactly what I unpack deeper in Finding Your Transformative Life, how God uses the silence, not just the breakthrough, to shape who you become.
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Troy P Zehnder 