Unanswered Prayers

I recently read an article by Anne Cetas entitled "Unanswered":-

"One of my biggest struggles is unanswered prayer. May be you can relate. You ask God to rescue a friend from addiction, to grant salvation to a loved one, to heal a sick child, to mend a relationship. All these things you think must be God's will. For years you pray. Yet you hear nothing back from Him and you see no results.

You remind the Lord that He's powerful and that your request is a good thing. You plead. You wait. You doubt- maybe He doesn't hear you, or maybe He isn't so powerful after all. You stop asking- for days and months. You feel guilty about doubting. You remember that God wants you to take your needs to Him, and you tell Him your requests again.

We may sometimes feel we're like the persistent widow in Jesus' parable recorded in Luke (Chapter 18) of the Bible. She keeps coming to the judge, badgering him and trying to wear him down so he'll give in. Yet we know that God is kinder and more powerful than the judge in the parable. We trust Him for He is good and wise and sovereign. We remember that Jesus said we "always ought to pray nad not lose heart"

So we ask Him, "summon Your power, O God; show us Your strength , as You have done before" (Psalm  68:28). Then we trust Him... and wait"

Delay is not denial, so keep praying and not lose heart. This also personally reminds me of my dear friend who was suffering colon cancer for 4 years before he went home to be with the Lord. The friend is none other than Terry Gallagher which I have mentioned several times throughout my blog, Terry is definitely to be included as in Hebrews 11: 13 &16 " All these people were still living in faith when they died...they were longing for a better country- a heavenly one. There God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepare a city for them"

Therefore my friends, please never lose heart in seeking God's answer. At the end of the day, we live in faith that our hope will be fulfilled by the Almighty who delivered the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt, who perform miraculous wonders that no one else is or will ever be able to perform other than Him alone.

Faith is a journey and not a destination. If we know every single thing that will happen in the future, then we would not need any faith in our lives.

Some atheist are so sure and convinced that God does not exist but they themselves are not even sure of their own future.

God bless us all.

Joshua