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The title of today’s episode is: “WAITING FOR AN ANSWER”

Have you ever wondered why it takes so long for God to answer some prayers? God even sent prophecies and years passed from the time the prophecy was released to the time of fulfillment. In other words, we hate to hear the word wait.

We go to God in prayer, believing that he will answer us. Sometimes the answer comes quickly and it is yes or no.  The yes is easy and we are excited and rejoice telling everyone, “I prayed and God answered.”

The word “no” is disappointing and we do not understand why, when our request is a good thing. At least in our minds, it is good. But God sees the whole picture he sometimes says no to a temporary thing. This will leave us free to receive a better thing a little farther down the road. Another explanation could be that God sees how that good thing could destroy us later down the road. He says “no” with our best interest in mind, because He is a good father.

But when he says wait, that is even harder to receive. Wait means I am going to give you what you desire, but not yet. Again, he sees the big picture. Sometimes there are lessons we need to learn before he can trust us with our request.

God gave Abraham the promise that he would be the father of many nations and he didn’t have one child. He and his wife Sara were by human standards too old to conceive a child. After a revelation like that I am sure Abraham was excited. But God made them wait for the fulfillment of the promise.

During the course of the “waiting” Abraham and Sara were growing weary and she came up with the idea of letting Abraham have a child with Hagar her handmaid. This only made things worse for them in many ways. Because they did not trust God, Ishmael was born. The descendants of Ishmael still fight against the Israeli people today. By them not waiting on God, they created turmoil not only for themselves, but for their descendants.

God did fulfill his promise to Abraham. It took twenty-five years. If God said it, he will fulfill his promises. Because he is truth and he cannot lie. We in our weakness sometimes hinders God’s promises.  Our negative talk and saying things like, “Well God said he would answer my prayer, but I don’t think its ever going to happen.” That is not faith, neither is worry. Once we hear from God and he says wait, we need to get out mindset right. We need to look at each day with hope and anticipation of the “yes, today is the day.”

It takes, timing, faith and trust to see the promises fulfilled.  In the time from the yes until we see the manifestation of that yes is the wait. What do we do in the wait? Thank him for the answer, just like you already have it.

Romans 4:16-21 Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all, 17 (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were. 18 Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be. 19 And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah’s womb:20 He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; 21 And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.

He calleth those things which be not as though they were, against hope believed in hope, and being not weak in faith  but was strong in faith, giving glory to God and being fully persuaded that what he promised he was able to do.

He was fully persuaded that God was able to give him a son. He was not weak in faith, but had strong faith. When it looked like things were not going to work out he hoped against what the enemy was telling him.

When you are in the waiting the enemy will come and tell you that it is not going to happen. He will manipulate the situation to make it look like it is going the opposite direction. The waiting is a firing process in which faith grows. We have a hope deep within the depths of our soul that through the process God will come through and meet us on the other side of the wait with the answer “yes”.

Abraham was fully persuaded, which means he had wrestled the matter thoroughly while he was waiting until he has a mindset that there was no convincing him that he would not have a child with Sara.

Abraham called things as not, as though they were.  One way he could have done this was to say, “Thank you God for my child with Sara.” “Thank you God for fulfilling your promise.”

Let me see if I can break it down, lets say you have asked God for a new car. God has said wait. While you are in the waiting process, you can thank God everyday for your new car.

I have a friend that asked God for a vehicle. She was specific with him, I want it to have less than how ever many miles. She was specific about how many people she could haul in the vehicle. God answered her prayers down to every detail. But in the wait, she said, Thank you God for my new vehicle, with x amount of miles etc.

She called things as not as though they were and God’s answer went from wait to “Yes”.

Isaiah 40:31 But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

In the waiting our strength is renewed by God. He will help us soar above the storms the enemy tries to put in path. We will run the race with God renewing us and helping us to stay strong in our faith and not give up while we wait for the answer.

We have to guard our hearts against unbelief and discouragement, both will prolong the wait. If you find yourself waiting for an answer from God. Remember Abraham and how he waited. Allow your faith to convince your flesh that God is going to answer, then hold on to the answer, thanking and serving him in the wait.

Until next time,

BE BOLD, BE BRAVE AND KEEP YOUR GOD FOCUS

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