Some believe God to be slow, and others believe that He just
does not hear us when we pray at times. Both beliefs are wrong. God does hear
us, and He answers.
The question we need to ask is ‘are we doing the right
thing?’, by this I do not mean whether we are living our lives in the way that
God approves or whether we are practicing His laws and commands, of course
these are added reasons why God will want to associate with us a lot more, it
does not mean that if we are lacking in some of His divine ways He will not
associate or communicate with us.
On the
contrary, in the Scriptures, we are thought that God reaches out to the unrighteous
(Psalm 125:3) that they may change their evil ways (Acts 3:19). He is a patient
God in this regard – Not slow to acting on our behalf, but slow to anger so
that we may have ample time to change from our evil or unrighteous ways, giving
us enough time to enter into His favour. He is not slow to dealing with our problems;
He is not slow to delivering us from the hands of the enemy.
“We know that God
does not listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshiper of God and does his
will, God listens to him.” (John 9:31). So yes, God listens and He answers. It is
left for us to believe in Him and that He is capable of changing our situations
for the better, that He is capable of fighting our battles for us; no matter
their shape or form. He cannot be defeated, so no matter what anyone tells you
about your situation being irreversible, look again, and ask yourself; is your
God a God that can be defeated?, is He a God that loses battles?, is He not the
Almighty God?; Almighty in Power?.
Whatever your
situation, if you feel God is not answering your prayers; maybe you should look
inwards and ask yourself; ‘am I putting all my faith in God?, ‘Am I putting sufficient
Faith in the fact that God has heard my request and that He is waiting on me to
really believe?. Because the truth of the matter is, God does not do anything unless
we believe Him well enough. Just as He does not force things on us; not even
the worship of Him that He so desires from us, He also does not go out of His
way to answer your prayers unless you truly, undoubtedly and totally believe He
hears you and that He has in fact answered you even before you asked Him.
He is a God of
principles, and He will not break His principles for anyone. First you have to
believe, and you must prove this by your ways and your works. James 2:26 –
Faith without works is dead.
If you are facing a
situation where everyone you go to for spiritual help and advice tells you
there is no solution to your problem, turn to God. He is the Supreme Beign,
therefore nothing and no one is above Him. All you need to do is play your
part; when you ask Him, you must completely believe that He has the solution,
and you must prove this faith in Him by turning away from anything that
contradicts your faith or belief in His ability, such as not going back to the
things you would have done had you not completely trusted in Him.
For instance, if you
have lost hope in your marriage and you are looking to get a separation or a
divorce, for which reason you have started seeing or dating other people, you
must immediately stop the act. Regardless of how far or how deep you have gone
in this other relationship that you have started, you must stop it immediately
you hand over the situation to God. By this you will be proving to God that you
completely believe in His ability to resolve your problems for you and that you
completely trust in Him. This is when you should expect to get an answer to
your prayers from God.
God Bless you as you
draw close to Him and Trust in Him.
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