There is great comfort in your silent petition, for we have an example in Nehemiah who, when he stood before the king, offered a brief silent prayer to the God of heaven. It was presented like the blinking of an eye, done intuitively yet truly done, and it prevailed with God. It was strictly within himself, with no outward sound or sign, as in the innermost shrine, the Holy of Holies of his own secret soul. It was a prayer on the spot, without going to a chamber as Daniel did. I beg you often, indeed always, to use this method of brief silent prayer, for the spirit of prayer is the mother of these brief silent prayers and she is a plentiful mother. Many times in a day may we speak with the Lord our God, as all sorts of surroundings may suggest it.
To call upon God in the day of trouble brings honor to Him in the very act, for it is a truthful recognition that He is not a notion but a fact to the suppliant. We trust not in a dead force which men call god, but in the living God who made heaven and earth and supports the whole universe by the power of His almighty arms, a thinking, active, working, personal God with a great warm loving heart, who comes into the midst of this world and hears the whisper that no other ear can hear. Do not be agitated and do not run away to others, but call upon Him in calm faith, and do not sit down in silent despair and fretfulness.
Let your prayer be definite and clear before Him, as Jacob pleaded, O God deliver me, and use the arguments of the covenant. And if you have never prayed before, let this short but fervent petition go up from you as from the publican in the temple, God be merciful to me a sinner. Do not say, Lord I cannot trust Thee unless I feel this or that, for that is to make a god out of your feelings. Consider who Christ is whom we are bid to trust. He is very God of very God and perfect man, who lived a perfect life and never lied, and He has promised that if you trust His Son He will save you from sin and make a new man of you. God has spoken in His holiness that He will save all who trust in Jesus Christ His Son, and what a mighty power your soul will have in prayer if you go to God and say, Do as Thou hast said.
To handle a matter wisely is to trust in God, not to be idle or rash, but acting in all prudence and uprightness to rely simply and entirely upon Him, first being made a child of God through faith in Christ. May the Lord who hears in secret deliver you and be glorified in your conduct afterwards, and quicken you in His way. I join my supplication with yours in that secret place, asking the Father to hear and answer for the sake of Jesus Christ alone, our only hope and Savior.