Can You Hear Me Now?
Remember the commercial for a cell phone company where the guy walks into all kinds of different places to see if his voice can be heard from each location? Also think of the expression on his face as he asks the question "can you hear me now". When he asks the question there is a look of uncertainty on his face and he stops to wait for a reply. When he hears a response, a confirmation that his voice has been heard, a smile comes to his face and he begins to move forward again.
This is how many people view their prayers to God. They stop just long enough to question if God hears their prayers; they wait for a tangible reply before they move on - satisfied that their prayers have been heard. If they don't get a tangible reply immediately they think that God hasn't heard their prayers. They question if they were somewhere down the path of life where "the signal" was distorted by local disturbances.
Unlike sometimes-unreliable cell phone transmission, our loving and faithful God hears every prayer lifted to him in faith, at any time (even nights and weekends), from any location. It is in the faith of that ever present line of communication we can depend and know without a doubt that God has heard our prayers. If we don't get a response right away it doesn't mean that God hasn't heard the prayer or that he will not respond. This delay of transmission just means that God has selected a perfect time, different than what we are expecting, to respond to our prayers.
As we learn to trust that are prayers are always heard and will be replied to we can walk along the high paths and the low paths of our lives with a smile on our face that God is walking beside us listening and replying to our thoughts of praise and concern. We need not cease our forward movement to wait for a reply - we need only to listen and respond.
He could hear you then, He can hear you now, and He will hear you into eternity - loud and clear!
Remember the commercial for a cell phone company where the guy walks into all kinds of different places to see if his voice can be heard from each location? Also think of the expression on his face as he asks the question "can you hear me now". When he asks the question there is a look of uncertainty on his face and he stops to wait for a reply. When he hears a response, a confirmation that his voice has been heard, a smile comes to his face and he begins to move forward again.
This is how many people view their prayers to God. They stop just long enough to question if God hears their prayers; they wait for a tangible reply before they move on - satisfied that their prayers have been heard. If they don't get a tangible reply immediately they think that God hasn't heard their prayers. They question if they were somewhere down the path of life where "the signal" was distorted by local disturbances.
Unlike sometimes-unreliable cell phone transmission, our loving and faithful God hears every prayer lifted to him in faith, at any time (even nights and weekends), from any location. It is in the faith of that ever present line of communication we can depend and know without a doubt that God has heard our prayers. If we don't get a response right away it doesn't mean that God hasn't heard the prayer or that he will not respond. This delay of transmission just means that God has selected a perfect time, different than what we are expecting, to respond to our prayers.
As we learn to trust that are prayers are always heard and will be replied to we can walk along the high paths and the low paths of our lives with a smile on our face that God is walking beside us listening and replying to our thoughts of praise and concern. We need not cease our forward movement to wait for a reply - we need only to listen and respond.
He could hear you then, He can hear you now, and He will hear you into eternity - loud and clear!
JMc
How can I pray for you?
1 comment:
Jim,
Thank you for your nostop prayer for Grace and your supporting words. It means more than you will ever know.
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