God may delay in answering our prayers because He desires to save others through circumstances. After Lazarus was raised to life what happened? “Then many of the Jews who had come to Mary, and had seen the things Jesus did, believed in Him” (John 11:45). As people watch our circumstances and observe how God works in your life they too will come to believe that there is a God who is supporting and sustaining you. God also delays in answering your prayers to develop your faith. God fulfilled this purpose in the life of Abraham when he waited at least twenty-five years for a child that God had promised. When Abraham tried to fulfill God’s promises through his own human plan by having a child through another wife, God asked this man: “Is anything too hard for the LORD?” (Gen. 18:14). Then God promised Abraham again that he would have a child through his wife Sarah. Scripture tells us that after God made this promise again that Abraham, “Contrary to hope, in hope believed, so that he became the father of many nations” (Rom. 4:18). Therefore, God may delay what He has promised to bring you to a depth of faith you have never experienced before.
Posted on: Mon, 26 Aug 2013 16:34:38 +0000
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