About
when
God does not answer…
Psalm
77:7 "Will the Lord reject forever? Will
he never show his favor again? 8 Has his unfailing love vanished forever?
Has his promise failed for all time?
9 Has God forgotten to be merciful?
Has he in anger withheld his compassion?"
Selah
10 Then I thought, "To this I will appeal:
the years of the right hand of the Most High."
11 I
will remember the deeds of the LORD; yes,
I will remember your miracles of long ago. 12
I will meditate on all your works and
consider all your mighty deeds. (NIV)
When we pray for an
answer, or we pray for guidance, or we pray for a miracle, God may not answer us
in way we want or expect to be answered. Sometimes we may feel God did not
answer us at all. When we need an answer, guidance, or a miracle the most, the
answer we get, if we are able to receive an answer, may not be the answer we
think we want or we think we need. What is it we are supposed to do when God
does not answer us like we want or need? When we don’t get an answer, we must
remember God is within us. When we don’t get an answer, we must remember God
is always speaking to us, guiding us, pushing us, leading us, cajoling us,
filling us with His love, and pouring His compassion into our hearts. When God
does not answer us, we must remember it is not God is not answering us; it is we
who do not listen. When God does not answer us, it is we who do not listen in
the right way. Sometimes our answer from God is a heavenly answer full of glory
so divine we have no way of seeing, understanding, hearing, or comprehending the
answer. Sometimes our answer from God is an answer requiring we look beyond our
present strife and turmoil to a time when time will be no more. An answer from
God may require we see over the horizon to a reality where what we want and need
right now is nothing compared to the glory in store for us. When God does not
answer, our most important job is to move our heart into a position where we can
hear Him, trust Him, and love Him no matter what He says or does not say to
us…and to always be ready, willing, and able to accept His heavenly love in
glory flowing down.
