Within the past 48 hours, I've had two people tell me that they feel their prayers aren't being heard by God. Both are Christians. Both are seeking answers to what is going on in their life. One says, "For the past year and a half, it's like God has not been there. . .Pray for whatever because it's just wasted breath on my end" and "Feel like I've wasted several years of my life...since I felt like God "called me" here. One says she's prayed for a situation or that God would give her peace about it and neither has been answered. She told me, "Maybe your prayers will get heard." I shared this scripture with the first person:
“Lord, if it’s you,” Peter replied, “tell me to come to you on the water.” “Come,” he said.
Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came toward Jesus. But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried out, “Lord, save me!” Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him. “You of little faith,” he said, “why did you doubt?”
I told my friend that God doesn't leave us, we take our eyes off of him.
Why are we giving up? Why do we feel like God's not there or that he's not hearing our prayers? It could be because things aren't going our way or we really don't have a grasp on the fact that God is in control of everything and he does have a plan for our lives.
I spent several months of my life praying for a certain someone, that God would work in his life. This person and I don't see eye to eye anymore. It's hard to talk with him, so I just pray for him. It wasn't until a couple of months ago that I thought to myself, maybe I should pray for myself that I would be able to show love to this person--regardless. I will admit that I haven't shown God's love to him like I know I should and I can. But, I haven't given up. I know God has something up his sleeve whether we see the results in this lifetime or not. I shared a dance with this person a few months back. He asked me to dance to the very last song which happened to be "I Won't Give Up" by Jason Mraz. It just gets me thinking every time I remember this.
My challenge for you: don't give up. Praying without ceasing takes faith in knowing that God is hearing your prayers. A friend of mine sent me a text one time that read:
"When in doubt, Pray First. All prayers are answered: yes. no. wait. It's just sometimes harder to trust that third one."
In Christ,
Katie
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