Ever go to pray and ask God for a list of things you need to deal with? Ever sit back and wonder why God isn't answering a prayer?
Here is the thing... God answers every prayer. Just not always in the way we want it answered. The not seeing the big pictures we miss the fact that it has been answered.
Maybe what we want isn't in our best interest. Maybe God has another plan, a better plan, and if he gave us what we wanted then what he had in mind could never come to be.
I am guilty of this. I am guilty of pleading with God... "if you do ____ for me, then I'll ----(fill in promise of more feverent spiritual activity)---".
We don't need to beg and plead with God. We merely need to come to Him in faith (Hebrews 11:1), and trust that whatever answer God gives is the best.
God is not mr. fix it in the sky. We are to go to him with our problems, and we are to expect him and trust him to see us through whatever the situation may be. But he is not in heaven saying "yes mame, yes sir, as you wish..."
He is the creator, the author and perfector of life. He doesn't work for us, we were created for HIM.
Prayer is necessary. Prayer is effective. But when we stop expecting God to work for us, stop expecting everything to be our way and trust that God's way is best, then prayer has a meaningful impact on our lives.
Here is the thing... God answers every prayer. Just not always in the way we want it answered. The not seeing the big pictures we miss the fact that it has been answered.
Maybe what we want isn't in our best interest. Maybe God has another plan, a better plan, and if he gave us what we wanted then what he had in mind could never come to be.
I am guilty of this. I am guilty of pleading with God... "if you do ____ for me, then I'll ----(fill in promise of more feverent spiritual activity)---".
We don't need to beg and plead with God. We merely need to come to Him in faith (Hebrews 11:1), and trust that whatever answer God gives is the best.
God is not mr. fix it in the sky. We are to go to him with our problems, and we are to expect him and trust him to see us through whatever the situation may be. But he is not in heaven saying "yes mame, yes sir, as you wish..."
He is the creator, the author and perfector of life. He doesn't work for us, we were created for HIM.
Prayer is necessary. Prayer is effective. But when we stop expecting God to work for us, stop expecting everything to be our way and trust that God's way is best, then prayer has a meaningful impact on our lives.
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