How
many times we pray and we feel like it didn’t go past the ceiling? We frustrate
ourselves thinking God doesn’t hear us. He doesn’t care. We think, “If God heard my prayer why are we in this
mess?”
We’re
only human to feel this way when we’re going through life’s challenges. Maybe
it is a child who is acting up. Maybe it’s a marital challenge or a financial
one. Business may be slow. Relationships are screwed up. Sometimes it’s a legal
battle or a lingering disease. Some of my friends are praying for jobs and
still have none. It is no surprise that at times we feel like a million miles
away from God. But the truth is God is always with us. He has promised never to
leave or forsake us.
God
hears your prayers. In the book of Daniel, you’ll read about his prayer to God.
It was weeks before Daniel saw the answer to his prayers. The Bible gives us insight
about prayer. It’s not God who is holding back your blessing but the enemy
fights to stop the blessings God sends in our lives. The answer may not come at
the time you expect but God heard your prayer the very first time you prayed.
His ears are attentive to you.
The
mistake we make often is to start pestering God when we do not get our prayers
answered in the time we expect. A better attitude would be to know that God has
heard our prayers and start thanking Him for it as if we’ve already received it.
From the moment you prayed until the time you see the manifestation of your
prayer is called the trial of your faith. We need to pass the test day in and
day out.
Regardless
of what you see in the natural - rest in peace. God is working. Everything you
see is subject to change in an instant. The unseen world is more real than what
you see in the natural. You have God’s attention. You’re the apple of His eyes.
He knows what you need and how to get it to you. Instead of pestering, why don’t
you start praising Him?
In
the Bible, Hannah didn’t have a child for many years. Her husband loved her
more than his other wife but still no child. Hannah was bitter and resentful,
full of remorse. One day she went to the house of God and poured out her heart.
Eli the man of God was so touched by her sorrows that he pronounced a blessing
of a son for Hannah. This made Hannah smile and she worshipped God. Not long
after that Hannah delivered Samuel who became a great prophet.
Friend,
today I’m pronouncing a blessing over your life. God has already
approved you and given you permission to succeed. Don’t waste one more
day nagging; instead spend all of your time bragging on God. He has heard your
prayers. The answer is on its way! Receive and thank God for it by faith!
“For the LORD hears the cries of the
needy; he does not despise his imprisoned people” (Psalm 69:33 NLT).
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