Weekend, Could 25, 2024
When Heaven Is Silent
Bend down, O Lord, and listen to my prayer; reply me, for I would like your assist. (Psalm 86:1 NLT)
Have you ever ever prayed about one thing however there was no reply from Heaven? Perhaps you’ve been praying rather a lot a few sure scenario and it’s as if God isn’t listening to your prayer.
God is listening. However there could also be quite a few causes He hasn’t answered you as rapidly as you hoped He would.
It could be {that a} religious battle is raging that you understand nothing about. There’s a supernatural realm that capabilities alongside the pure realm. And after we pray, issues are taking place on this supernatural world that we frequently know little or no about.
Within the Previous Testomony guide of Daniel, we discover a captivating story about prayer. Whereas the prophet is praying, an angel arrives and tells him what has been happening behind the scenes.
The angel mentioned, “For the reason that first day you started to wish for understanding and to humble your self earlier than your God, your request has been heard in heaven. I’ve are available in reply to your prayer. However for twenty-one days the spirit prince of the dominion of Persia blocked my means. Then Michael, one of many archangels, got here to assist me, and I left him there with the spirit prince of the dominion of Persia” (Daniel 10:12-13 NLT).
When you’ve been praying for one thing and haven’t acquired the reply but, perhaps a religious battle has been raging. Simply bear in mind this: God’s delays aren’t essentially His denials. Simply because a solution hasn’t come as rapidly as you desire to doesn’t imply that it isn’t going to come back in any respect. So maintain praying.
One more reason your prayer might not be answered is as a result of there’s unconfessed sin in your life. Nothing will deliver a prayer life to a halt quicker than unconfessed sin. The psalmist wrote, “If I had not confessed the sin in my coronary heart, the Lord wouldn’t have listened” (Psalm 66:18 NLT).
Isaiah 59 says, “The Lord’s arm shouldn’t be too weak to save lots of you, neither is his ear too deaf to listen to you name. It’s your sins which have reduce you off from God. Due to your sins, he has turned away and won’t pay attention anymore” (verse 1–2 NLT).
One drawback is that we don’t need to name sin “sin” anymore. We name it one thing else as a substitute, like a weak spot, mistake, shortcoming, and even illness. If we won’t take care of our sins, then God won’t hear our prayers.
Idols in our lives—placing one thing into a spot of prominence over God Himself—can hinder our prayers. God mentioned to the prophet Ezekiel, “Son of man, these leaders have arrange idols of their hearts. They’ve embraced issues that can make them fall into sin. Why ought to I take heed to their requests?” (Ezekiel 14:3 NLT).
Is there somebody or one thing that’s extra necessary to you proper now than God Himself? Anybody or something that turns into extra necessary to you than God can doubtlessly change into your idol. And it might cease your prayers from being answered.
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