Why the Delay? Unveiling the Causes and Divine Wisdom
Beleiver's Prayer
One of the great men of God that ever lived, who performed great miracles and covered large expance of locations with the gospel had a needed prayer unanswered. He prayed three times about it, I assume he dedicated the three praying times specially for the course and must have mentioned it in many other prayers but God said no, the why is in the scripture below.
2 Cor. 12:6-7 "If I wanted to boast, I would not be a fool, because I would be telling the truth. But I will not boast, because I do not want any of you to have a higher opinion of me than you have as a result of what you have seen me do and heard me say. But to keep me from being puffed up with pride because of the many wonderful things I saw, I was given a painful physical ailment, which acts as Satan's messenger to beat me and keep me from being proud." - GNT
So Paul's healing was denied to prevent him from pride. Many prayers are facing the same purpose for the delay today, we pray and pray and wonder why, the why of the delay may be God seeing that the answer will bring about pride. It could be that people will push you into it or you already have the tendency to bully those who may not have what you have with what you have, so God has held it back until you are ripe. David was not moved to pride when the women sang to push him there against Saul; God already knew David will remain humble and he never failed God in humility. Either self or others influenced pride is an abomination to God and He keeps such far from Him. So, rather than give you what will push you far from him, He will rather withhold it till you have grown to be able to handle the blessing.
Self awareness and self respect is another key issue to delay a push to pride. I was furious about myself a few days ago and began to seek respect, and God rebuked me in the place of prayer. I was still and silent for long with the word God have mercy. Let me safe your time and we talk about this some other time, I am still in search of where God approved of us to seek self respect in the Bible, when I find it, I will be back.
Purge yourself and avoid thinking yourself above how you ought to, so that the time of answer may be shortened.
Prayer: Father, please point me to the place of pride that could stop my answer from coming and help me to check all pride, Amen!
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