When God Answers Prayer

Most of us have been on our knees at one time or the other with a prayer request for something or someone, that was troubling our soul; When We Pray. Physically maybe not; but mentally we humbled our hearts to the worshipful state to make our request known unto the Father. I say most of us, because there are not many humans who have not faced a situation or time in their life; that there seemed to be no answers, no intervention and no hope. This is when you hear; "Oh God, help me." At these times it doesn't matter if we are a professed christian or a person who has denied their belief in prayer. It is a time of reaching out for help, relief, or comfort and we are at the state of such discomfort that we will try anything. We finally realize that this seems to be the last hope for getting back to feeling normal again. It is sad that we wait so long sometimes, to reach for the unseen hand of the Almighty God, with a plea for help.

Strange and sad as it may be; sometimes even the most dutiful christian can leave God in the last position. We forget that we are mere humans, with only minimal power to sustain ourselves in times of the unbearable. We try everything else we can think of and when nothing else works, we then go to Him. Why? We want to conquer all things ourselves and we just can't comprehend this unseen hand of mercy making something happen that is impossible for the human side of life. We want to figure things out ourselves. We want to take the credit for being strong and being able to work through the tough times instead of acknowledging that somethings are not meant for us to handle.

Being individuals of unequal attributes and strengths, some handle life's ups and downs, troubles and heartaches differently. Life is always better when we remember to pray to the Father even for those things that appear unanswerable. Sometimes one can hardly breath, much less pray, when something so awful happens. These are times that God sees our pain and opens up His arms, sends down His angels of love to replenishes our strength for our next course of action. He and only He can really understand what is inside our hearts and souls.

Sometimes when we have had the breath knocked out of us, it seems...if we could only remember this scripture relating to the "Power" of God....

Isaiah 40: 28-31- "Hast thou not known? Hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? There is no searching of his understanding. He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint".

This scripture gives the assurance that God is for us in our times of weakness, our time of suffering and even when we feel shame. He knows what our needs are and he loves us no matter what and he will not allow us to suffer more than we can bear.

Why we wait sometimes to call upon our Lord to solve our problems and lighten our heart of pain and fear; I do not know. What I do know is that When God Answers Prayers and even when He doesn't; HE MAKES NO MISTAKES. We may not understand this; but He sees the future, He doesn't make people love us, He allows humans to make their own decisions. He knows what is best for us and sometimes He will allow us to hurt; that does not mean we are being punished; God loves us but all humans are equal in His eyes and all humans suffer at some point in life.

Life is sometimes "unfair" and not a soul living has not thought that thought, at some point in their life. We do not understand why our loved ones are sometimes taken before their time, we can't understand how someone can stop loving us; how a child can throw away their life. How a toddler can have the awful disease of cancer. These things seem unfair. When we pray for these kinds of things and do not get the answers we feel should God should give us; it seems our faith become weak and we want to blame Him.

The pain we sometimes feel can only help us gain power and strength for the rest of our life. It gives us widom we would not have, it helps us understand others more and prepares us for what may be in our future. When God Answers Prayers, He doesn't make a large show for anyone. With the soft touch of His masterful hand, He calms the troubled waters of our souls. He send peace and helps us to move on.