Before We Even Ask

Before We Even Ask

08.02.08

“I will answer them before they even call to me.
While they are still talking about their needs,
I will go ahead and answer their prayers!”
- Isaiah 65:24

God’s love and care for his people is greater than we know, I believe. His patience and mercy is beyond compare, that he would answer and meet the needs of those who choose to follow after him. It’s hard to understand or even believe that God will answer our prayers and meet our needs when there is so much pain, poverty, and senselessness in this world we live in. I could easily say that God does not answer prayers and that he doesn’t seem to care about this world, or us, the people, living in it.

It’s too easy to see and view only the bad, I think that it is our view and understanding of the world we live in that blinds us to the truth – a higher and better perspective on life. God created us in his own image. He knew before we were even born that our ability to choose could lead us into a life that was separated from him. Even so, God still created us and loved us with his entire being. Eventually our free choices got us into trouble, our relationship with God was severely severed, but we were not completely lost. God had a plan.

As lost as we were, God, worried about us, chose to come to earth in human form to find us, to save us. Love drove him to take every wrong we’ve ever done, place it on his self, and willingly paid the price – death; He was our sacrifice. For those who would choose to follow him, he willingly died, for those who would deny him, scorn him, and hurt him, he died. God made the way for our return into his Kingdom, and into a wonderful relationship with him, even before we asked, before we knew we’re in need of a savior.

What could show that God would answer our prayers, even before we asked, better than this? Still it is hard to comprehend why so many evils in this world exists, and why it seems like God does not answer prayers and meets needs like for those who are homeless, poverty stricken, and addicted to drugs. Personally I pray every day for God to help me get a job, I’ve applied at over twenty different companies and at one employment services agency. I’ve gone to my church for help, talked to my pastor and have asked numerous friends and family to pray that God blesses me with a job. Still, nothing seems to be happening. What do I do from here?

The only thing that I can do - cling to God! As down as I may get at times, I seek God and choose to continue to trust him. Believe me; I’m not always happy and cheery when I pray to him. I get angry too, I get frustrated. But if I don’t turn to God, who do I turn to. If God chooses not to answer my prayers, who can I complain to, or who has authority and power equal to his that I can turn to. No one and nobody is equal to God, so when I complain, I complain to God