Thursday, October 7, 2021

Believe It!

"Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them." Mark 11:24

Isn't it funny when a friend of yours will call you up on the phone and begin praising God for answered prayer, and in their excitement say, "I can't believe it!?"
That recently happened to me and I had to really ponder that expression.
Is it because we really don't expect God to answer our specific prayers?  Do we psych ourselves up to expect disappointment in case God doesn't answer us like we thought He would, maybe telling ourselves that it might not be His Will to answer this prayer?  Or is it because when God answers our prayers, He answers them in ways we never could have imagined He would and thus we exclaim, "I can't believe it!"
I believe it's the latter.
Why?
Because God answers every prayer.  Yes.  EVERY prayer.  Sometimes it's a 'yes,' sometimes it's a 'no' and sometimes it's 'wait,'   Honestly, even though it's hard when our answer is wait, I think I like those answers the most, because when we wait on God, Miracles occur.  We see His hand in a way that lets us know that God alone answered this prayer in a way that only He could, in His time, when it was best for us.

From now on, when I'm Praising God for answered prayer, instead of saying, 'I can't believe it!' I'm going to say, 'Thank you God, I knew you would answer!'
    But that's just me!

"Prayer delights God's ear; it melts His heart; and opens His hand.  God cannot deny a praying soul."
Thomas Watson

Believe For It
Verse 1 and Chorus
Cece Winans/Dwan Hill/Kyle Lee/Mitch Wong
Integrity Music

They say this mountain can't be moved
They say these chains will never break
But they don't know You like we do
There is power in Your Name
We've heard that there is no way through
We've heard the tide will never change
They haven't seen what You can do
There is power in Your name
So much power in Your name
Move the unmoveable
break the unbreakable
God we believe
God we believe for it
From the impossible
We'll see a miracle
God we believe
God we believe for it.

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