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things?9 (Romans 8:32 KJV). And since He has already given us His greatest
treasure, will He withhold from us any lesser resource? But there are some
things we need to remember regarding God9s timing:
1) Because of His superior wisdom, He calls the shots, and when the time is
right, the answer will come.
2) There are commandments He gives us, and until we obey them, the answer won9t come.
3) Faith is crucial in receiving the answer. Jesus Himself said, 8I tell you, you
can pray for anything, and if you believe that you9ve received it, it will be
yours9 (Mark 11:24 NLT).
8Ask, and ye shall receive.9
John 16:24 KJV
Have you been praying, and God hasn9t yet answered? Let9s look at some
keys.
1) Maybe you9re expecting a lot from God but not much from yourself. Perhaps He is asking you to work harder by utilising the ingenuity He has
given you. Remember, God9s promises are never an excuse for laziness. Elijah was in a devastating drought when God said, 8Go to the brook Cherith.
I will send ravens to feed you9 (see 1 Kings 17:1-4). Elijah could have replied,
8Lord, I9m exhausted! Can9t you send them here?9 Instead, 8he…did according to the word of the Lord9 (v. 5 NKJV). Ask God if there is something
you should be doing, and when He tells you 3 do it.
2) Perhaps your prayers are not explicit enough. Doesn9t God already know
what we need? Yes, but He wants to hear it from you. 8You don9t have
what you want because you don9t ask God for it9 (James 4:2 NLT). God
wants us to persist in prayer: 8Ask and keep on asking…seek and keep on
seeking…knock and keep on knocking9 (Luke 11:9 AMPC).
3) We fail to realise that God wants to meet our needs 3 in His time. 8But
what if my problem gets worse?9 you ask. Don9t worry; it will never be too
big for God to resolve! From time to time, He waits in order to do something
even greater. Lazarus was sick unto death, but Jesus didn9t respond immediately. He waited so He could raise him from the dead (see John 11:1-6, 43
-44). We9re inclined to think our request is God9s best answer to our need,
even though His Word assures us, 8No good thing will he withhold
from them that walk uprightly9 (Psalm 84:11 KJV).
