He gave me no answer....!

"I called Him, but He gave me no answer."-Song of Solomon 5:6

Prayer sometimes tarrieth, like a petitioner at the gate, until the
King cometh forth to fill her bosom with the blessings which she seeketh.
The Lord, when He hath given great faith, has been known to try it by
long delayings. He has suffered His servants' voices to echo in their
ears as from a brazen sky. They have knocked at the golden gate, but it
has remained immovable, as though it were rusted upon its hinges. Like
Jeremiah, they have cried, "Thou hast covered Thyself with a cloud, that
our prayer should not pass through." Thus have true saints continued
long in patient waiting without reply, not because their prayers were not
vehement, nor because they were unaccepted, but because it so pleased
Him who is a Sovereign, and who gives according to His own pleasure. If
it pleases Him to bid our patience exercise itself, shall He not do as
He wills with His own! Beggars must not be choosers either as to time,
place, or form. But we must be careful not to take delays in pra!
yer for denials: God's long-dated bills will be punctually honoured; we
must not suffer Satan to shake our confidence in the God of truth by
pointing to our unanswered prayers. Unanswered petitions are not unheard.
God keeps a file for our prayers-they are not blown away by the wind,
they are treasured in the King's archives. This is a registry in the
court of heaven wherein every prayer is recorded. Tried believer, thy Lord
hath a tear-bottle in which the costly drops of sacred grief are put
away, and a book in which thy holy groanings are numbered. By-and-by, thy
suit shall prevail. Canst thou not be content to wait a little? Will
not thy Lord's time be better than thy time? By-and-by He will
comfortably appear, to thy soul's joy, and make thee put away the sackcloth and
ashes of long waiting, and put on the scarlet and fine linen of full
fruition.