Only God’s Timing: Answered Prayers
Let me tell you, as someone who is living in some answered prayers that God will never let you down. He hears every one of your prayers/requests and when you are ready, he will propel you into your next. Let me preface this by saying that you can ask for as much as you want but if your desires and motives are not in alignment with the Will of God, and what he has for your life then it’s a hard no. That might make you clench your jaw a little, but truth is we often want things without knowing why, impure intention, and even things we know we aren’t ready to handle but selfishly feel like we should have them. Is it greed? Keeping up with the Jones’, social peer pressure? It’s in these moments that we really have to analyze our requests, and the reasoning behind the asking of these things. Is it something that will allow you to better promote the Kingdom? Are we unsatisfied with what we have and where we are in our personal lives?! How will this thing we are asking for make us better?
I am so fascinated with the way God moves because we never know how He is going to fulfill what we have asked of Him in our lives. What I am sure of is that God will always show up on time, every time! When you pray expect answers from God there will be both ones you want to hear and ones that you don’t. I am here to testify, that God did it again! I have had some things at the feet of God for years, I have been working on things for years and things would progress but seem to be going nowhere at the same time. I grew frustrated with the change that I wanted because I was ready for something different. The problem was that I was trying to help God out for quicker results into my next. I had no idea when God would answer these prayers or even how, in my waiting I was often frustrated, impatient, and simply doubtful. When I released it completely over to God, it was a mental release, and it took me being grateful for what I have and the acceptance for where I was at the time to embrace that my next was on the way.
After my submission, I began to experience some anticipation looking forward to what was coming. See, I knew God was about to show out; I just didn’t know when and I was excited for my breakthrough. I’ve touched on this topic before; how sometimes the anticipation would cause me to experience some type of fear or anxiety of the unknown even if it was for the better. This has a lot to do with the lack of trust, and just adapting to how things may have been and that’s not really the energy we want to bring when we ask for things. It eventually became easier to just let God do what He does best. I felt better overall relinquishing the control I felt like I needed in order for things to work out, when the way was already prepared for me. (That's a Word!)
When God does it, he does it BIG, and He never misses He is so strategic in His plans for us. If “too stunned to speak” was a person, I would be her. He answered prayers and the crevices of the prayers in the things I put before him. I am now living in the shift- blessings that were waiting on me to get in alignment, many days I still find myself with my mouth on the floor from amazement and gratitude for what He has done. What I had to learn during my wait in God’s timing was trust and it’s something that I still exercise on a daily basis. To be honest, we are most likely to hinder ourselves getting in the way and saying we trust God, but our actions don’t align… (the kids say “the math isn’t math-ing”) we need to make it make sense not for us but how we approach God. Remove the audacity and build the trust- the benefits of trust during this process time are having access to peace in knowing that God supplies all and we don’t have to lean into our limited understanding, we have security in God as He comforts us, and we can rest in our confidence in God as provider. Let Him work!
Xo, Tee!