“Eli answered, “Go in peace, and may
the God of Israel grant you what you have asked of him.” She said, “May your
servant find favor in your eyes.” Then she went her way and ate something, and
her face was no longer downcast. Early the next morning they arose and
worshiped before the Lord and then went back to their home at Ramah. Elkanah
lay with Hannah his wife, and the Lord remembered her. So in the course of time
Hannah conceived and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, saying,
“Because I asked the Lord for him.”
I Samuel 1: 17-20
Are we there yet?
Are we there yet?
Are we there yet?
Maybe you are a parent and reading this.
If so, the familiar refrain is apparent!
You are on a long car trip, the children in the back
seat anxious to arrive at the destination.
Their anxiousness and eagerness is trying your
patience but you simply say:
“No, not much longer though!”
Their anxiousness and eagerness translated into the
refrain above doesn’t make the trip any shorter though does it?
I know what you’re thinking – “No, it makes it seem
longer!”
Like Hannah, our persistence in prayer causes us to
await God’s perfect timing.
I know how we view it though –
Immediate need = Immediate answer
Our immaturity sometimes makes us think all our
requests are answered immediately.
Like the children we expect that as soon as we are in
the back seat
(God is in the drivers’ seat of course) we should be
where we want to be.
We perceive the need (our destination in prayer) as
immediate but God is refining our lives through persistent prayer.
Persistence in prayer allows Gods’ purposes to be
fulfilled on His calendar and not ours.
So the next time you go into your prayer closet and
are tempted to ask about your petition:
Is it answered yet?
Is it answered yet?
Is it answered yet?
Consider all that God wants to accomplish in you and
perhaps in others
through the process of answering your prayer.
Your prayer closet conversation may change from a
question to a statement –
Thy will be done!
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