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My Utmost For His Highest
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Hey paul great question! I dont have an answer right off the top of my head but i read a book not to long ago about what we perceive to be "unanswered prayer" i'll see if i can find it because it had some great stuff about it. Lets dig deep! I love it!
Yes, of course I have. But for me, my waiting has not been due to a sin (at least that has not been revealed to me) but has been for MY good, my growth and my betterment in all areas of my life. So, even though the waiting hurts and stings, at the end of the waiting there is more peace, more joy, more love and more of my true self in Christ.
Thanks for posting Courtney. I'll be back with my response to the question later. If you haven't checked out Courtney's blog, I suggest you visit. She is an amazing writer and a very interesting woman.
http://www.comingontheclouds.blogspot.com/
Hey, guys. Thanks so much for contributing and keeping the blog alive. I really do love hearing what's going on in the brains of my friends. You all rock!
Anyways,I want to make sure that I understand the question. I think that Paul is asking if we believe that our sin is the reason for our unanswered prayer. For me, I don't really struggle with unanswered prayer, as much as I do receiving answers that I don't want(or that my pea-size, worldly, warped brain doesn't agree with.) Lately, I've spent a lot of time praying for people that are going through trials, and I know that many other people are praying, as well. And I just don't understand the outcomes. If so many people are asking for one thing, then why does God give the opposite. I know what you're thinking: He's God. He doesn't have to answer to us. He's sovereign, omnipotent, almighty, and all of those other holy words. His timing is not our timing. One day we will look back and know that it was all for His glory. I know all of this.
Well, as far as sin getting in the way, I know somewhere in the bible it talks about God closing his ears to a person who continues to sin. I can't find it, so someone help me. I believe it is referring to repeating the same sin over and over, after repenting.
But I also found this in 1 John 3:18:
18Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth. 19This then is how we know that we belong to the truth, and how we set our hearts at rest in his presence 20whenever our hearts condemn us. For God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything. 21Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God 22and receive from him anything we ask, because we obey his commands and do what pleases him.
Let me know what you think.
I ALWAYS try to figure out the why, but recently have realized tht GOD never promises to answer the WHY. He promises that when we seek him, we will find him, and he also promises to give us widom (read James). Wisdom is not the WHy, but instead, the what now. That has been a hard one to swallow.
I dont think it necessarily always comes back to sin. God says that he will give us wisdom and answer our prayers. I think sometimes we are caught up in sin so we cant hear what He is saying, but I still think he answers. His answer is just not always that clear. I think for me, its more about control. I want to understand why and have a definite answer, which isn't always what I get. Sometimes I look back and understand the reason, as Courtney mentioned, other times, I have no flippin clue.
A quick example that I won't go too deep into is an ungodly relationship I had. I still struggle with wanting to understand the WHY about many things within that relationship, and still suffer ramifications from it. I have just resolved that I just may continue to learn and be refined from this and also that it just may be "the thorn in my flesh". Maybe it will just be my handicap and what always makes me hit my knees and turn to God. Maybe I try to be so stinkin self reliant that the consequence of that sin will just always affect me? Maybe that is a hopeless thought, but is it? If it brings me to the foot of the cross, maybe it does serve a purpose and maybe the unanswered prayers of take this from me? Help me forget? etc. etc. are the exact answer I need because it makes an already Holy and Almighty God that much more amazing to me!
Ultimately, with all that I have gone through and all of the stretching, all the "whys" of life I am really more on a spiritual high because of it. Except that it is not the kind of mountain top you just come down from. It is not driven by an emotional encounter. It is the result of His faithfulness, coming through to meet me where I am once again. It is His hand in my life bringing growth and intimacy with Him. When I am at a place in my life where I am unable to save myself and I can't find comfort no matter which way I turn, that is when I find God. He proves himself as my Saviour once again. It is not about my circumstances changing or my questions being answered so much as experiencing His quiet embrace. In my darkest nights, His love reaches out to me. His strength is made perfect when I am so weak. I can’t not remember a time in which I have described as “the worst time in my life” that I can’t now look back on without seeing God’s mercies all over me carrying me through. In fact, my heart grows warm whenever I reflect on those times with Him. I know everything is going to be alright because He has allowed me many opportunities to learn to trust Him.
That is what gets me through right now. Hopefully that makes sense with this topic.
That was awesome! You articulated that very well and I thoroughly enjoyed reading your post. Thank you for contributing
My mom always loves Christmas. She loves giving her children gifts and watching them unwrap them. Watching my mom as we unwrap our gifts is truly beautiful. She loves being able to fulfill the desires of our heart especially on those things we have desired for such a long time and have waited patiently to receive. I believe this is the heart of our Heavenly Father. I think he desires to fulfill everyone of our desires regardless of our sin. I can only assume if one of my prayers have not been answered it just not time to unwrap it.
Or Maybe he has answered it but I have been to busy wrapped up in the wrapping (in other words how I want it to look) that I missed God’s ultimate gift…..love
He loves us so much and desires to answer all our prayers.
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