Unanswered Prayers

For the past months I kept on praying for something and yet nothing happened. I felt like God wasn’t listening to me anymore. I was convincing myself for the past three months that maybe God was just so busy that’s why He wasn’t able to hear me nor to answer my prayers. I was also thinking that maybe my prayers were not just really relevant that’s why it’s not in His list at all. Yeah I know there are a lot of prayers around the world from different people; and yet here I am asking for a heart thingy problem. For some it’s really irrelevant, some may just laugh at me at all. But believe me or not, this thing means a lot to me. 

Well I am a kind of person who is really contented with my life. I don’t pray for a lot of things. I just pray to Him to ask for forgiveness, for protection, and to give thanks. I can truly feel how much blessed really I am. For the past few months I would say that this is the only time again where in I am really asking for His great help for something that I know I can’t really do alone. But for three months that I’ve been praying, nothing really happened. Well there are signs where in I would say that maybe God just really wants me to wait. Yeah last month I heard something and made me realized God’s answer-- to wait. I did, and I am still on the same spot keep on waiting. But yeah, waiting is really difficult to do. It’s really difficult because you aren’t really sure if you are still waiting for something or if it will be really worthy in the end. It’s like playing poker waiting for the flop. 

But this week, God spoke to me again. Friday, December 07, 2012 when I attended J-Zone Live, the topic was all about our unanswered prayers. We tend to pray and pray but there are times where in God is just really in silent. It seems like He isn’t really there hearing us. Just like in the story of Zechariah and Elizabeth in the book of Luke 1. They were both followers of God and they’ve been praying for a child for how many years, but they already grew old and yet their prayers weren’t answered. When they were both old already an angel said to them that they will bear a son and their son will be a blessing to many people. That son was John.

Saturday, December 08, 2012 I attended D-Group bible study and we’d talked about love and I was really like “God, are you really talking to me? It’s twice in a row. Is this topic really meant for me?” You know, God is really wonderful. Though I am not yet a fully developed Christian, yet He is using different people to move in my life as an instrument for me to hear Him. It was really amazing. 

Then today when I attended CCF, the topic was about our dreams that are not yet fulfilled. It’s all about waiting again. Pastor Edmund Chan even said that “Waiting means trusting in God.” And I do agree on that.

It may really take some time for God to answer our prayers, but it doesn’t mean that he isn’t hearing our prayers. It’s just that, He will answer us in a right time, in God’s time indeed. 

I don’t really know if God will give me exactly what I want. But I will continue to hope. I will be here and I will be strong. I know He will give what’s best for me. I will trust in Him and will continue to follow Him whether He answers me or not. I will stand firm. I will. So please Lord God do help me.

God is the God who keeps His promises even when His promises are impossible to keep.

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