![]() And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the plea, ‘Grant me justice against my adversary.’ “For some time he refused. He said: “In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared what people thought. God shows us that persistence pays off in Luke 18:1-8, “Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up. Stories of Waiting For Prayer To Be Answeredĭon’t ever give up on praying. Since the first day that you set your mind to gain understanding and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard, and I have come in response to them”(10:12). Daniel had his prayer answered the very same day of his request but it took three weeks for God’s sovereign timing for it to reach him – and it did at exactly the right time, “Do not be afraid, Daniel. ![]() Don’t think that since God does not immediately reveal to you His answer, that He has not answered it and has not answered it right away. Even though Daniel had to wait three weeks before his prayer was answered, God had actually answered his prayer that very day that he prayed. God is most often at work when He appears to be the most silent. Sometimes the desires of our heart take time. He will exalt you to inherit the land when the wicked are cut off, you will see it.” Read these key verses from Psalm 37 on waiting:ħ “Rest before the LORD and wait patiently for him do not worry when men succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes.“Ģ5 “I was young and now I am old, yet I have never seen the righteous forsaken or their children begging bread.”ģ4 “Wait for the LORD and keep his way. Psalm 37 is a great Psalm to read when you are seeking the desires of your heart with the realization that it may take some time. In Hebrews 10:36, “For you have need of patience, that, after you have done the will of God, you might receive the promise.” The minor prophet, Habakkuk speaks for all of us when he grew impatient in waiting for God to answer his request in 1:2, “How long, LORD, must I call for help, but you do not listen?” I can most certainly identify with Habakkuk in his sentiments. God also expects us to wait patiently on His perfect timing (Psalm 66:18). First go and be reconciled to your brother then come and offer your gift.” Prayer is Answered in God’s Timing ![]() Matthew 5:24 is says that when we fail to forgive others, this is cause for a failed request for His help, “leave your gift there in front of the altar. Psalm 66:18 is clear that “If I had cherished sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.“ If we are obedient, He will hear our prayers (John 15:7) but if we are unforgiving, He will refuse our petitions before His altar (Matt. God will not answer the prayer of a believer if they are in a state of perpetual, unrepentant sin (I Pet. God is sovereign and He knows what is best, and holds our best interests in mind for our future ( Jer. If we ask for a better job, the job that we think would be better may actually be worse than the job we have now. For example, if we ask for money and we are not already giving to our local church or we have not been helping the poor, why should God give us more money so that we might spend it on ourselves? Also, we might have the wrong motives in asking for something. James, the half-brother of Jesus wrote, “When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures”(James 4:3). We may be asking for something that is not in God’s will for our lives and we might be asking for selfish reasons. ![]() One reason that God may not answer our prayers or that He waits is that we are asking for the wrong thing. Why would God wait to answer our prayers? Wouldn’t we expect that since God is all-powerful that He would answer immediately? What is the purpose for God’s delaying our prayer requests? Outside of God’s Will
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