Your silent prayer in the name of Jesus has come before the living God who hears not only the voice but the thought of the heart. There is a precious power in such brief, silent prayer, as when Nehemiah stood before the king and prayed to the God of heaven. Thus the prayer was presented like the blinking of an eye, it was done intuitively, yet it was done, and it proved to be a prayer that prevailed with God. We know also that it must have been a silent prayer and not merely silent as to sounds but silent as to any outward signs, perfectly secret, strictly within himself offered to God, as in the innermost shrine of the temple, in the Holy of Holies of his own secret soul.
It was a prayer on the spot. He did not go to his chamber as Daniel did and open the window, but there, in the presence of the king, with the burden upon him, his heart spoke to heaven. So you have done well to speak with the Lord in this secret manner. I beg you often, no, I would ask you always to use this method of brief, silent prayer. The spirit of prayer it is which is the mother of these brief, silent prayers and therefore do I like them because she is a plentiful mother. Many times in a day may we speak with the Lord our God, and such prayer may be suggested by all sorts of surroundings.
Be encouraged that calling upon God in the day of trouble brings honor to God in the very act. It is a truthful recognition that He is, that He lives and hears and is able to deliver. We trust in the living God, not a dead force or a name, but the God who made heaven and earth and who supports all things by the power of His almighty arm, a God with a great warm loving heart, a thinking, active, working, personal God who comes into the midst of this world. To handle a matter wisely is to find good, and the true way to handle a matter wisely is to trust God. Acting in all prudence and uprightness, rely simply and entirely upon Him.
And while you wait, remember that God has already spoken. Without in the least marring His perfect purity and inflexible justice, God has spoken in His holiness to poor lost sinners and said that He will save all of them who trust in Jesus Christ, His Son. If you have never yet prayed as you ought, let a short but fervent petition go up from you now, something like that of the publican in the temple, God be merciful to me, a sinner. For He has promised that if you trust His Son, He will save you from sin and make a new man of you and heal you of your spiritual diseases. Here is where God and you are at issue. You are not saved by something in yourself, but God says He will save you if you trust in Christ.
I join my silent prayer with yours before the throne of grace, that the Lord who hears in secret will reward openly, that He will deliver you and that He will be glorified in your life afterwards. May He give you quietness and full assurance as you rely upon Him, and may you know the comfort that God has spoken and that His Word is true to every believing sinner who rests on Jesus.
May the Lord quicken you in His way, keep your eyes from vanity, and grant you grace to trust Him more and more, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.