02/12/2025
Letās start this post by reading 1Cor. 3:2. I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for it. Indeed, you are still not ready.ā
While struggling to receive a response to a prayer lately, and receiving nothing, today this verse was placed before me. It wasnāt until I realized it wasnāt the verse I was to see, but the opposite of the verse!
So, I was struck by what I felt was an unanswered prayer. I didnāt get a yes, I didnāt get a no, not a maybe, not a not yet. I received nothing. I wasnāt used to that. Usually. I get at least a nudge in one direction or another. This time, nothing.
But maybe when God seemingly does not answer your prayer, He is really just saying, āYou know what the answer is.ā
Do we pray and ask God if we should rob a bank? Hardly! We already know the answer!
If we pray about a situation and what we desire is not beneficial for others involved but yet makes us happier, do we decide to ask God in the hopes that just maybe He will affirm our desire? Are we maybe just giving ourselves an out by saying we prayed about it, but didnāt really want to hear Godās perspective on it all?
If weāve been His followers for any length of time, perhaps we need to understand that He expects more of us. As believers we need to see the big picture and understand, yet more than that, to KNOW the right choice. He expects us to have moved past the milk stage and to have been eating solid food for a while. Babes no more! He expects that we know the right choice.
Letās stop looking to God to bail us out and make the decisions for us. Make the hard decision yourself! Itās not that Heās ever too busy, but the more we make the tough choices, the stronger we become.