Persistent Prayer

I felt the Lord speak to me during our household meeting last Saturday… (Thank you Lord for the household group you have given us!)

The topic of persisting in our prayers just like the parable of the persistent widow reminds me of something in my life that I have persisted in praying for. I think it’s been… let me count… 2 years plus since I have been praying for something to God. It’s a very simple prayer for my career and up to now that prayer has not been answered. I have asked my husband to pray with me and this has been his prayer as well. There are times when through the course of certain circumstances, I thought it will soon be answered but eventually, it wasn’t.

There are a lot of reasons I can think why God has not answered that prayer. And it boils down to two things: One is that I maybe praying for the wrong thing. Meaning, God may have something else for me which is packaged not in the way that I have been asking for. And perhaps he has already given that.. (grin).. and I’m yet just too stuck up on that that packaging that I wanted in the first place. Two is that maybe it’s not yet the perfect timing…

While it’s true that God works in mysterious ways, one thing’s for sure… He is NEVER late. He is not early or advanced either. Hahaha! That’s the catch! He works just in time. And the moment of waiting for that perfect time is exasperating at times… Who knows the PERFECT timing but God himself?

You know that feeling of wanting to go somewhere but you just can’t? Not yet anyway. And the hold back is frustrating. So what to do? That’s the beauty of persistent prayer!!! Just pray and pray and pray and pray… Eventually, God will probably be pestered enough to answer. Or you will have a change in heart and see the beauty of His other plan… Either way, to just pray with an expectant heart gives peace… makes the waiting less excruciating and the frustration bearable… (for an impatient person as myself. Hahaha)