Unanswered prayer
By Charles Simeon
Matthew 7:7-8,
7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock,
and it shall be opened unto you:
8 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth;
and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
God will grant us, in answer to our prayers, such blessings as He knows to
be best for us. If He does not give us the exact thing we asked for, then
He will give us that which on the whole is far better, and which we would
have asked for, if we had known what was best for us, as He does.
The time of God’s answer may appear to our impatient minds, to be too long;
but His answers shall not be protracted beyond the fittest season.
If anyone is discouraged for lack of an answer to his prayers, let him remember
that God may have answered them already, though unperceived, and in a way not
contemplated by the suppliant himself.
Paul, when praying for the removal of the thorn in his flesh, did not have it
removed. Instead, his thorn was sanctified, and grace was given to him to improve
it aright!
“Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But He said to me:
My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is made perfect in weakness!”
2 Corinthians 12:8-9
8 For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.
9 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made
perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities,
that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
Know then, whether you see it or not, that God both does, and will, answer your
petitions. Only let our prayers be humble, and believing, and submissive–and
they shall never go forth in vain.
The Lord Jesus gives us a perfect pattern for resignation in prayer, “Father, if
You are willing, please take this cup of suffering away from Me. Yet I want Your
will to be done, not Mine!”
Luke 22:42
“Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my
will, but thine, be done.”
“Only one life to live and soon is past
Only what’s done for Christ will last!”
Hoping to make the time I have left count for the glory of God.
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Unanswered prayer By Charles Simeon
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