Praying and Waiting

Yet those who wait on Jehovah will renew their strength; They will mount up with wings like eagles; They will run and will not become weary; They will walk and will not faint. (Isaiah 40:31, RecVer)

One way God answers our prayers is by giving us opportunity to wait and pray and pray and wait. In this way, He has a way in our being, passing through us, and gaining us all the while. For Him, answering prayers is easy and it just takes a second. However, His heart's desire is not juat to answer prayers, but to gain our person who prays. Therefore, many times, His one unique answer to our prayers is, wait and pray, and pray and wait.

These days, I have been blessed to experience the Lord's answering of my prayers with a "wait and pray, and pray and wait." The Lord also gave me a very subjective experience of Him in the matters that concerns my family life.

The family car the Lord gave us fifteen years ago is about to expire now. In the city where I reside at the moment, the maximum allowed years of usage of a petrol vehicle is fifteen years. Fifteen years ago, we bought a family car which we have been using for the past fifteen years. In two month's time, the registration certificate will expire. Therefore, I am praying and considering to buy a new car. The Lord has already shown me which car I should buy; the model and the brand. But right now, I do not have the peace to buy as yet for multiple reasons. Though I have been praying for month's now, still the Lord ask me to wait. Perhaps, He is preparing the finance and also He knows the best time to buy. So, I pray and wait for His timing and provision. This is a very wonderful experience of the living God O have these days. In fact, car is not the matter at all. The matter is, the experience and gaining of Christ through the process of buying a car.

Likewise, my mom and dad have been planning to visit us here for a family visit and medical checkup. However, I did not get a proper leading as to when they should come. Even in this matter, I experience the Lord's answering my prayers by letting me wait and wait. Till now, I am not clear when they should come. But only what is made clear to me is, to pray and wait. Perhaps, He wants us together when He provides the new car. I just keep praying as I wait for His perfect timing.

In a similar manner, I have been praying and waiting to resolve an issue pertaining to onw of my own family members relating to a relationship. I have no peace to say anything to anyone or do anything right now. Even the very thought of the matter takes away my peace. In this way, it became clear to me that the Lord wants me to wait until He leads me further. So, I only pray and wait.

In all the above cases, I have been experiencing the Lord’s answer to my prayers, that is, to wait and pray, and pray and wait. In this way, I have many transactions with the Lord these days. 

Oh what a blessing to have such a private, personal, sweet, fellowship with the Lord!

Lord, grace me to wait in prayer as long as You want me to wait in prayer.