Often when traumatic situations arise and we are trying to navigate our way through them, we wonder if God is listening to our prayers. We bring the situation to God in prayer and wait for Him to act out of His great mercy and give us the answer we require. When it looks like God is not listening to us, we begin to wonder if He is angry about something we have done and perhaps withholding the solution to our situation.
Giving our will and life over to the care of God means that we allow God to determine what is good for us, believing that He works all things according to His will for us. If things we prayed for happened as soon as we prayed, we might get puffed up by believing we are the ones directing God when and how to provide our need. God is a wise Father and He has a good plan for our lives and is working all circumstances in our lives according to His plan.
If we read the Bible and get acquainted with how God works, we will learn that God honours and acts on behalf of those who have faith in what He says. God does this in His perfect way at just the right time.
When Abraham had no children, God told Him that His descendants would be as the stars in the heavens, too many to count. Abraham believed God would do what He said, but Abraham was almost 100 years old and his wife past childbearing age before Isaac the child of promise was conceived.
Faith in God requires that we trust what God says and wait for Him to act.
Prayer: Heavenly Father, You are a God who honours Your word. Give me the wisdom to not rely on my own understanding, but to trust You and practice the principles of Your Word in all my affairs. Amen
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