God Answers Our Prayers

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God Answers Our Prayers

Christ uses the parable of the widow woman and the unjust judge to encourage us to be continually in prayer, to pray without ceasing, and to remain in constant communion with the Lord as we petition Him for the blessings we need from His gracious hand, especially when those blessings seem to be delayed. This is not a teaching that describes a God as a worldly judge Who is reluctant to bestow His blessings, but rather a generous Father Who gives good gifts to all His children. Nor are we likened to some lonely, poverty-stricken, unsupported widow, we are children of God, beloved of the Father, accepted in the Beloved, and inheritors of the kingdom of heaven. We are to be continually in prayer, to pray without ceasing, and to remain in constant communion with the Lord, knowing that God Answers Our Prayers. We are assured that any perceived delay is His wise preparations. His delay is not inactivity or disinterest, but a preparation to make all things work together for the good, to those that love God and are called according to His purpose.

And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off?

Our United Prayer:

Heavenly Father, help us to maintain a trusting attitude of prayer, knowing that any perceived delay is Your willing preparation. Thank You that You are holy and righteous and will avenge Your elect and make all things right in Your own perfect timing. Thank You that You are our Father, and we are Your children. In Jesus' name we Pray, AMEN.