There is absolute, unfathomable healing and power in waiting for prayers to be answered. More often than not after speaking the words in prayer and asking for help, strength, justice, healing, change, and restoration we get weary of the wait. Have you ever prayed for something with all your heart and with great expectation and faith unwavering - and didn't get it? ...then prayed a little longer for that same thing and nothing? ...then you got discouraged and stopped asking, or literally forgot about the prayer and put the expectation of it in the back of your mind? ...then all of a sudden out of the blue, months and sometimes years later - boom! That thing you prayed about or prayed for so long ago comes into fruition.
More often than not, we are not really ready for our prayers to be ansered at the time of the prayer, especially those deep things, those seemingly impossible things we desire. God has to take us through a developmental period which usualy always includes struggle, and challenge, and tumiult like a violent storm that takes place just before a calming phase. Other times God is testing us to make sure that we are worthy of such a blessing. Then there are those times that we don't want to speak about. He is chastising us for what we have intentionally transgressed in the past.
Either way, the only answer is to keep your thoughts and actions focused on that which is right and good without wavering. In this way, the ultimate design is the answer to that prayer that you forgot about. The one you prayed for so earnestly that it brought heart felt remorse, anticipation, desire, and other emotions to both you and Him as you prayed. The Lord heard that prayer and may have immediately begun to work it out for you since he knows the heart and he knows the spirit. He is the only one who does.
You know it is God when what you have prayed for stares you right in the face. No matter how long it took, no matter what changes has occured in your life since that that time, your blessing is real and it feels so natural. It probably brings with it a breath of fresh air, an immediate sense of sunshine beaming in your heart, and an aura of peace so complete it seems unreal.
It is certain that many of us have had this experience. This is a lesson in walking by faith and not by sight. Some things are impossible when looking at it through the eyes of your own flesh or the eyes of man. The problem as we wait we begin to manipulate the situation or that we lose our focus amd don't stay on the path of right and good so that we lose out on that earnest prayer. We just couldn't wait.
The other thing we have to remember as we wait, is that God's time is completely different from ours. He said that a day for us is like a thousand years for him. That means that he may have decided to bless us with that earnest prayer the moment he heard it, but it took time- sometimes a long time to reach us. In the time of wait, we forgot, or we manipulate the situation, or we just plain forgot and gave up. Remember when Daniel prayed and he God sent Gabriel with his answer immediately, but Satan held him up and the Warrior Angel Mikchayel has to come and intervene? Read His word while you wait. There is encouragement and strength hidden deep inside of it. Seek it and it will find you.
Remember, God comes through for those who are obedient to him as he promised he would. Your wait for him will be over sooner or later. Though extremely difficult, waiting is the very thing we need to learn to struggle for. There is true power in waiting for what you asked for ...what you deisred so long ago...that thing that you knew then would bring complete and utter joy to your heart and success to your life. Learn to wait, struggle in it. just make a decision to wait. The benefits are awesome.
His servants are more than conquerors when we focus on him and his expectations of us as we wait. Though it might be difficult to smile as we wait, I guarantee you that the Holy Spirit will erase the frowns, the tears, the tumult, the challenges, and the trouble that occured as we stood waiting for God to answer that earnest prayer we prayed so long ago. The trouble will be dream-like. The scripture says that the earnest expectation of a righteous man (women are also of the man family) availeth much.
While you wait, it is smart and beneficial to spend time sowing seeds on good ground. This will help us to refrain from throwing in the towel on God. There is power is waiting, we can actually wait on The Lord. Don't fret because, sooner or later the wait will be over and we will be able to walk in our season of blessings. Survive the worst of times, God is on your side when you follow his lead, stake your claim, write your name on that blessing, so that you will be able to walk right into that blessings. The time will come that the wait will be over and you will be uplifted in a way you never dreamt. Be encouraged, there will be plenty of time to enjoy that blessing.
The sun will shine, you will be encouraged, you will be more than a conqueror, you will feel peace and joy that is unmeasurable. God will come through. He always does! When he does, speak your testimoney to everyone who will listen and wait for your next blessing! Faith is all about believing the unseen and waiting for it to be reality.
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