Christ sometimes delays His help so He may test our faith and energize our prayers. Our boat may be tossed by the waves while he continues to sleep but He will awake before it sinks.

True saints of God have endured lengthy times of patient waiting with no reply not because their prayers were prayed without intensity nor because God did not accept their pleas. They were required to wait because it pleased Him who is sovereign and who gives according to his good purpose Philippians 213

The answer to our prayer may be coming although we may not discern its approach. A seed that is underground during winter although hidden and seemingly dead and lost is nevertheless taking root for a later spring and harvest.