Questions For God – Week 1 | Why does God seem hidden from us?

Some seasons feel like shouting into a closed room: prayers that seem to bounce off the ceiling, grief that wants a visible answer, and a stubborn ache—why does God stay hidden when we need him most? This message walks straight into that frustration, naming the shame and the instinct to demand proof, the impulse to set God on our terms after the first hiding in Genesis, and the sting of wondering whether faith is just wishful thinking. The sermon peels back layers—why God’s hiddenness can be mercy, how the Bible moves from Adam and Eve to Moses to Jesus to show a God who hides and reveals on his terms, and why hearing promises, not sight, becomes the path to trust. Expect honest challenge and unexpected comfort as the talk reframes hiding as invitation, presence, and purpose—an invitation that points most clearly to the Word made flesh and to a day when hiding ends.