Ever feel like God isn't listening to your prayers? When you pray do you feel like why bother because nothing is going to happen anyways? I've been guilty of that. After reading Psalm 4 today I have been reminded that God does hear our prayers and that even if I don't think He is, I just need to trust that He is. In verse 3 it says; Know that the Lord has set apart the godly for himself, the Lord will hear when I call to him. David didn't say that God might hear or if he was really well behaved God would listen to his prayers. David proclaimed this by faith and believed that God would listen to his prayers. Do you think David is anymore special than you? Yeah we know that David was a man after God's heart and was a great King but does that make his prayers anymore special than ours? The truth of the matter is that we too were separated for God and because of that God listens to our prayers as well. He died for us so that this could be possible.
Now I know that sounds good and all but how can we take this and apply it to our situations? I know it's very easy to believe this when things are going good but when they are bad we tend to forget this. We need to be reminded that if Jesus is our personal Lord and Savior and that we have made the choice to honor Him with our lives then we too are set apart and He hears our prayers. I also believe that we need to always know that God knows and has in store for us what is best. By being reminded of this truth it helps when our prayers don't seemed to be getting answered or the answer we get isn't the one we wanted.
My prayer for us is that we trust God fully with our prayers. I pray that God would give us the strength and discipline to give Him our request and not try to control them. I pray that we would be reminded daily that God is in control and is always looking out for what's best for us. I pray that the Lord would give us peace and strength in our times of need.
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