Rejoice in hope, endure in suffering, persist in
prayer. Romans 12: 12
Being a bit active and quite talkative, I always struggle
when making a presentation for work and receive little or no interaction from
my listening audience. The same holds true in my prayer life, especially
when I am praying with passion and feel that God is not answering me and seems
to be a million miles away. I don’t believe that I am alone in the
way that I feel, as many other Christians probably lack some anticipation
regarding their prayers being answered.
Our society doesn't help us with being patient in our prayer
life as we wait for God to answer us in His perfect timing, either. Our
server was down at work yesterday and you would have thought it was the end of
the world because we could neither send nor receive any new emails for an
entire afternoon. The problem was finally resolved and late last night I had
almost 30 new emails to read and respond back to.
We are to remain vibrant and faithful in our prayer
life. It is too easy to become discouraged and feel as though God is not
listening when all we perceive is silence. I am thankful for many
unanswered prayers that I have petitioned God with and it has certainly helped
to mature my faith by leaps and bounds. We must come to a place of
understanding His presence is always with us if we are grow our relationship
with Him; in doing so, we will have a deeper relationship with God, despite our
prayers not being answered.
Continue to pray and be hopeful even if you are suffering;
God is always with you!!
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