why He is silent

i was reading Jeremiah 42 when i heard a voice inside of me. This chapter is about Jeremiah warning Israelites not to go to Egypt, as that's not God's plan and they will suffer there, yet they still went there, disobeying God's direct order.

Here's what the voice said: "I've told them what to do, yet they disobey Me so discreetly.. because they've asked Me with their own expectation of answer. Whatever i tell them, they won't listen, they will only listen to what they want, not what I want"

And i realized the reason why those who really believes in God, even with their persistence, might still encounters God's silence. It could be that His answer might be different from what we expect and we are not ready to listen to it as we might disobey it straight away.

He lets us pursue Him, and in the process, bit by bit, He changes us until our own expectation slowly replaced by His desire. And when we are ready, His answer will always be there, at His right time.