There is absolutely no doubt that God listens to His beloved people all the time. “He hears their cry for help,” David tells us in Psalm 34:15b that God hears our petitions, and He understands our needs before we ask.
So let’s be honest, far too often we pray without really expecting God to answer. This is why we naively take matters into our own hands even when we do pray. We just aren’t completly sure if God will actually intercede on our behalf.
The problem is that we’re looking for God to do things our way. We’re looking for ‘the’ answer, instead of looking for ‘Him’. Then, when God changes gears and does things different than we expect, we miss His faithful intervention and wonder why God ignored our prayer request(s) in the first place.
However, this is far from the truth! The Bible says it’s not God who has the hearing problem—it’s us. In Mark 8:18, Jesus asks the disciples, “Having eyes do you not see, and having ears do you not hear?” This is why Jesus warns over and over, “If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear” (Mark 4:23).
My brothers and sisters, while we’re waiting for God to say ‘yes’ to us, God’s waiting for us to say ‘yes’ to Him. Isn’t that funny….we are waiting on each other!! You see, while we’re begging God to show up, God is patiently waiting for us to realize He’s already there in the middle of our mess, heartaches, confusion, circumstances, and pain!
Proverbs 15:29 says God “hears the prayers of the righteous.” By grace through faith in Jesus Christ, that’s us family. God didn’t save us by the blood of the Lamb so that He can just ignore us—God’s saved us so much that we can enjoy Him. There is nothing more satisfying than being in the presence of God, Amen!!
Here’s the good news, God hears the tired mama and papa’s prayers and the I-don’t-know-what-to-do prayers. He hears the prayers of the dissatisfied wife and the husband who just wants to help and also needs help! He hears the groans of the suffering and the aches of the one who doesn’t even know what to pray. He hears the lonely and the lost and those longing for love. He hears the I’m-completely-exhausted morning prayers, I am at my whit’s end prayers, and He’s already anticipating the middle of the afternoon I-don’t-think-I’m-going-to-make-it will through prayers. And not to mention the late midnight and wee in the morning hour prayers? Those are special to Him as well. So keep praying child of God, because God hears, sees and cares for you. God’s listening right now, and He’ll still be listening tomorrow and the days after that……can I get a witness?!
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