Becoming His Delight

Psalm 37:3-7
Trust in the Lord, and do good; Dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness. Delight yourself also in the Lord, And He shall give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord, Trust also in Him, And He shall bring it to pass. He shall bring forth your righteousness as the light, And your justice as the noonday. Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him

Good Morning, my Beloved,
I trust you are having a wonderful day, and an amazing week. I have been spending my week in a lot of deep thought. Thinking is good, but be cautious not to let it consume you. I have a feeling that I was on the verge of consumption, when I realized, God is in ultimate control. We are in a new year, and my thoughts were mainly on the unfinished - the unanswered prayers, the uncompleted goals, and the unfinished tasks. Why do I always feel that I am never enough, do you ever feel that way? Perhaps it's because I try to do everything and anything in a finite time constraint. So, part of my goals for this New Year, is to rest in His amazing peace, realizing full well, that God is in control.

So, why do my prayers remain unanswered? I know that God is full well of doing the impossible, and I trust fully in Him (or at least, I would like to think so). Can God hear my prayers, are my repetitive prayers lacking content, and sound like a broken record - so much that it is tuned out? Perhaps God is trying to teach me patience, or perhaps He is answering my prayers, just not in the way that I would like them answered. Have you ever had these thoughts on the long time awaiting for a prayer to be answered? Let me assure you, that God fully well hears your prayers. He loves it when you talk to Him, so much so, that he collects your prayers in golden bowls:

Revelation 5:8

Now when He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each having a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.

So, if God hears our prayers, I suppose the fact that He is tuning me out is the reason my prayers go unanswered. Perhaps it's a faith thing? Do I really trust in the Lord with all of my heart? Do I know full well that God will answer my prayers in His timing and His way?

Luke 1:45

Blessed is she who believed, for there will be a fulfillment of those things which were told her from the Lord.

What happens, when God has answered our prayers, but it's not the answer we were looking for? Have you ever prayed for the healing of a loved one, only to have them taken from you before you are ready? Have you ever had the worst nightmare become a reality? It's not always fun to go down this path, but sometimes it is much needed. It makes you wonder, when your world is falling down around you, how can this work out for my good? The Bible says in Romans 8:28: And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. However, how can the valley of the shadow of death lead to good? We have to get out of the tunnel vision, the vision of the here and now, and look at the eternal perspective. That is when you see the good out of the bad. Sometimes, it is the choices we make... we have to live through the consequences of our actions, so if we ask God to take away the consequences, it may never happen. There is hope though, but sometimes, the answer to our prayers is right before our face, but because it is not the answer that we want, we don't see it.

Take a moment, and allow God to speak to you. Delight yourself in Him. Psalm 37 tells us that if we delight ourselves in the Lord, He will grant us the desires of our heart. Perhaps, we have to allow Him to transform us in a way that our desires are His desires, only then can we really live. Allow God to tear away your hopes in dreams, so that His hopes and dreams become a reality for you.

Jeremiah 29:11

"For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."

I love you all, and I pray that you will find the answers God has for you in your prayers.

Christina