As a Christian, there is a very important right we have towards God and that is....we pray and He answers. I have had many times where I have prayed and felt that I had not received an answer (or didnt receive the answer I wanted), or kept praying and never received an answer (though, my patience eventually grew thin). I then realized that I had prayed so many times, that I forgot almost all my prayers! Or I had sought after a specific answer and had not gotten what I wanted because of my shallow thinking, not realizing that the real answer was given and it was according to God’s unfathomable wisdom. After a time, I eventually gave all to Him and accepted all His answers since..”How could we know what’s best for us when it is the Almighty God who created us, sustains us, and gives us all we need?”
Thus I spent the time to remember and even write down what and who I had prayed for, I began to see how many prayers the Lord had answered and I became so encouraged! We are so quick sometimes and have little faith, but the most faithful Lord lives within us (or He can live in you! Just believe as you call out loud..."Oh Lord Jesus!"). The Lord gives us a parable in Luke 18 about a woman and a judge (which typifies us and the Lord) and He tells us to always pray and not lose heart!
Be encouraged, pray unceasingly, remember your prayers,
and you will see just how faithful He is!
Amen, brother! It is true! I have so little faith too, but the faithful Lord lives in me! I am encouraged with this words to renew my "book of prays" and experience God with it.
ReplyDeletePrayer is so important! I pray (usually inconsistently) for many things, both big and small, and for some reason I always feel like they're rarely getting answered. I've realized though, that I tend to forget the prayers that God has answered and focus on the ones He hasn't answered yet! It can get discouraging.
ReplyDeleteEven though our faith is small, like you said, Stephen, "the most faithful Lord lives within us". He is faithfully moving within us to pray! And our prayers are always effective! Hallelujah!
-Brook
"...the real answer was given and it was according to God’s unfathomable wisdom".
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely. He knows what we need when we don't even have a clue, and His wisdom truly is "unfathomable." Thank you Lord for your faithfulness.
Yes, big AMEN!
ReplyDeleteas i remember from my first spiritual awakening, thanking the Father for all our blessings , visible and invisible is the highest form of prayer....
ReplyDelete