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Dec01 — Week Four: Building in Silence

Mandi
Dec 1, 2025
3 min read

Understanding that God is working, even here.

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Introduction

Healing is often talked about in terms of food, supplements, routines, and protocols. Those things matter. But they are not the whole story.

Chronic illness affects more than the body. It affects confidence, identity, hope, and faith. It changes how we see ourselves and how we relate to God.

For many of us, the hardest part of healing isn’t what we eat, it’s learning how to keep trusting when our bodies don’t cooperate. It’s learning how to stay hopeful when progress feels slow. It’s learning how to feel safe in a body that has scared us.

That is why these devotionals exist.

Daily Bread is a space to check in with your spirit — not just your symptoms. It is a place to remind yourself that God is near, that you are not alone in what you’re walking through, and that healing is not something you have to force.

This Week’s Focus: Building in Silence

Sometimes God works loudly, through answers, open doors, and clarity. And sometimes He works quietly, without timelines, explanations, or visible movement.

This week is for the seasons where you can’t tell if anything is changing, where prayer feels unanswered, and where it’s hard to believe that progress is being made at all. But silence does not mean absence, and waiting does not mean waste. Often, when God seems most quiet, He is doing His most foundational work, strengthening your faith, reshaping your heart, and building what cannot be rushed.

If you feel unseen, stuck, or uncertain about what’s ahead, this is your reminder that God is still present, still active, and still writing your story, even when you can’t hear Him turning the pages yet.

Today's Scripture

Psalm 13:1-6

How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? How long must I take counsel in my soul and have sorrow in my heart all the day? How long shall my enemy be exalted over me? Consider and answer me O Lord my God; light up my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death, lest my enemy say " I have prevailed over him" lest my foes rejoice because I am shaken. But I have trusted in your steadfast love; my heart shall rejoice in your salvation. I will sing to the Lord, because he has dealt bountifully with me.

John 13:7

Jesus answered him, " What I am doing you do not understand now, but afterward, you will understand.

Reflection

Psalm 13 opens with a question many people are afraid to admit: “How long, Lord? Will You forget me forever?”

David isn’t being dramatic, he’s being honest. He believes in God, but he feels abandoned. He knows God is good, but he can’t see any evidence of it in the moment.

John 13:7 gives us a key: Jesus tells His disciples, “You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand.” That’s not just about that meal. It’s a pattern of how God often works.

There are seasons where God’s activity is hidden. No clear answers. No visible progress. Symptoms don’t change. Circumstances don’t move. People around you may see “growth,” but inside, you feel stuck and unseen.

The book of Psalms shows us that feeling this way doesn’t disqualify you from God’s presence. It’s part of walking with Him. David ends Psalm 13 not with resolution, but with decision: “I will trust in Your unfailing love.” He doesn’t have new information, but he chooses a posture.

God’s silence is not the same as His absence. A lack of updates is not a lack of activity. Often, God is building something in you that can’t be rushed- stability, depth, discernment, resilience, a quieter dependence on Him instead of constant emotional reassurance.

You don’t have to pretend silence feels easy. But you also don’t have to assume it means God has stepped away. Scripture says over and over again: He is nearer than it feels.