One woman shared powerful and profound insights on prayer and God's characteristics and nature. Her words and thoughts about communicating with the Lord and how He responds will definitely get you thinking. Check out the video to hear her thoughts about prayer and God's nature.
Prayer is the most important thing a Christian can do. Communicating with God, the Creator of the universe, is a vital and necessary component of every Christian’s daily walk with Him. Without consistent and constant communication, there is no relationship.
As every Christian knows, prayer lets us express our worries, fears and requests directly to God. However, as every Christian also knows, it can, at times, feel as if God is not hearing or possibly ignoring our prayers. We may earnestly pray about a situation and never hear an answer or see a noticeable change. That can be frustrating, to say the least.
In a clip posted on YouTube, Jackie Hill Perry explains how when we become frustrated when praying about a situation and don’t see any change, that doesn’t change who God is. He is still loving and caring and at work in that situation.
“Cause even the unanswered prayer thing,” she said. ‘Why didn’t you answer me? You don’t care.’ So, now we’re accusing God of apathy. We’re saying, ‘You’re not really as compassionate as You have revealed Yourself to be.’ That’s an accusation on the nature of God.”
Later, she added that He does hear and answer every prayer.
“He is fully alive within Himself,” she said. “So, He has heard you, and He has answered. Sometimes a yes, sometimes a no. Other times, a maybe. But every single one is anchored in wisdom.”
Near the end of the clip, she offers some helpful and sage advice for when we become frustrated while praying over a situation and see no changes or results.
“So, we have to be reminded that God is good,” she said. “So, as things happen in our lives that don’t go according to plan, we don’t allow our circumstances to define God, but we allow God to define Himself.”
Isaiah 40:28 “Have you no knowledge of it? Has it not come to your ears? The eternal God, the Lord, the Maker of the ends of the earth, is never feeble or tired; there is no searching out of his wisdom.”
