It is often said that God answers prayers with Yes, No or Maybe later. Is that even biblical? I wondered this morning, and sort of in a way, I’ve often wondered.
Reading about boldness and persistence, ‘…Ask you shall be given, Seek and you shall find, Knock and it’ll be open to you…’ and Jesus proceeded to say that if an earthly father would give bread to their kids instead of a rock, how much more would our heavenly father give. You can’t possibly arrive to the conclusion that He will answer Yes, No or Maybe.
I am not suggesting that simply praying hard enough that you’ll get all your desires. Well in a way I am. But I think there is an important preface, that we need to be aware of. Where do the desires come from?
I believe it all starts from the altar. A place where we die to ourselves, to our own fleshly desires and to surrender ourselves fully to God.
Many times in my own experiences that, if it is a God given desire, He will answer and He will answer with a firm Yes. It may be manifested in the reality right a way, or that the process kicks off in an unseen and only be manifested later. For those desires that are not of His, I believe He’ll change our hearts that those desires fade away, and we’d stop asking for it. But as long as the desires exist, I will pray and believe them.
So, the point of this is that I don’t agree with the simple answer of God answers prayer in yes, no or maybe. This question goes much deeper than how God will answer, but more or so is where our heart is. Foremost, is us surrendering to Jesus, and seeing God as God. Our desires will follow. Pray expectantly and with boldness. Don’t pray the open prayers that covers all grounds that you don’t really care or expect God would answer.
What’s your thought on it?
Filed under: Christianity, Life
“Maybe” should actually be “Later”. Best way to look at this is how a father would respond to his child. He will say yes when its good of the child or has no harm. He will say no, when its inappropriate. “Later” is when the timing is right. Either way, the Father always does what is in the best interest of the child. You just have to have “faith” that He really wants what is best for you.