“The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.” — Exodus 14:14

There’s a unique kind of silence that falls on a battlefield before everything erupts. It’s tense, electric, almost deafening in its weight. Warriors throughout history have described that moment as the hardest to endure — not the clash itself, but the waiting.

Spiritually, many of us know this place. You’ve prayed. You’ve stood. And now everything is quiet. No obvious breakthrough. No clear direction. Just silence. And in that silence, the enemy whispers, “God has forgotten you.”

Israel faced this at the edge of the Red Sea. Behind them: Pharaoh’s army. Before them: an uncrossable sea. They had no strength, no strategy, no way out. And in that moment, God said through Moses, “The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.” Stillness wasn’t passive. It was an act of defiance — a declaration of trust when the outcome was still hidden.

David knew this silence too. Before facing Goliath, there was a stretch of waiting in the valley. Before his throne, years of hiding in caves. Silence is not the absence of God — it’s the stage He often uses to reveal His power.

Brother, don’t mistake silence for abandonment. In the stillness, God is positioning armies you can’t yet see. He’s aligning victories that haven’t yet broken through the fog.

Your job is not to panic. Your job is to stand. To keep believing. To refuse to let fear dictate the story.

When the battlefield grows quiet, remember: Heaven is not quiet. Your Father is not absent. He’s about to move.