God Knows!

Mark 12:30 And you must love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, and all your strength.’

Scripture makes it clear that our heavenly Father hears and answers prayer.
Yet we all experience times when, though we pray for God to act right away, He does not.

What are some reasons for the delay?

1. At times the Lord sees that our attention is misdirected.
Our relationship with Him should have priority over any earthly matter (Mark 12:30).
Yet minds and prayers can become so fixed upon a NEED that our gaze shifts away from Him.
*The Father may delay His answer until we refocus on Him.
* In other situations, God waits because the timing is not right for granting our request.
* Perhaps certain events must happen first, or people’s thinking needs to be changed.

2. There are also seasons when the Lord wants to stretch and grow our faith.
* One of the ways He accomplishes that is by having us watch for His response. *The Holy Spirit will work in these times of waiting to MATURE us and bring forth righteous fruit (Galatians 5:22-23).

3. Other reasons are a wrong motive for our request (James 4:3) and the practice of habitual sin.
* We ALL fall short when it comes to God’s standard of holiness, but some of us persist in a lifestyle of disobedience.

The Lord may delay His answer so He can prompt us to confess our sin and turn back to Him.
*Waiting on the Lord isn’t easy—faith and trust are needed (Hebrews 11:1).
If His answer is delayed, check that 1) your focus is on Him, 2) your motive for asking is God-honoring, and 3) you aren’t practicing habitual sin.
*** Then believe that His response will be for your good and His glory.

*Do you have a problem that seems to be a continually unresolved issue?
* Have you asked God to tell you the reason for the problem?
*It may have a Spiritual Root that is still unresolved with God.
*He may be allowing this pressure to bring attention to an issue He wants YOU to take care of.
**Ask the Lord today to give you revelation on your problem! Listen.
As a loving Father, He desires to make known anything that stands in the way of fellowship between you and Him. However, His righteousness must always be upheld!!

When you are loving God with all your heart, you can trust His plans for your life.
* ” ‘For I know the plans that I have for you’, declares the Lord, ‘plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope.’ “Jeremiah 29:11

** GOD SEES EVERYTHING!

God asks, “Do you truly believe that I see exactly what you are enduring
right now?”
Perhaps as you read this, you are going through something that calls for Him to act on your behalf. The very nature of your problem demands an answer.

*Do you believe God monitors your every move, as a father does his
infant child?
*Do you know in your heart He is interpreting every thought you
think?
*Do you believe He is at work—bottling every tear, hearing every sigh,
hovering over you, loving and caring for you?

The Bible describes Him as doing just that!

“The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are open to their
cry . . . . The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears, and delivers them out of
all their troubles” (Psalm 34:15, 17).

“For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show
Himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is loyal to Him” (2 Chronicles
16:9).

Do you believe God is absolutely, totally aware of your every thought, grief,
pain, trial, addiction, financial burden, family problem—and that He wants to see you through them all?

The psalmist tells us, “As a father pities his children, so the Lord pities
those who fear Him” (Psalm 103:13).

The Hebrew word for pity here means “to fondle, to cuddle, love, be
compassionate.
” Scripture is saying the Lord cuddles in His arms those who fear Him. God puts His arms around you, He strokes your cheeks, He holds you.
He says, “I know your thoughts, your concerns, every battle you face and I
care!”
No matter what you are going through, no matter how you feel, the Lord
sees it all!
* He feels the very feelings of your infirmities.
* He knows every move you make—all you say and do.

God is not mad at you right now. No! He is thinking precious, cuddly, loving
thoughts about you.
* He knows the way you feel—and He cares! God is saying, “Yes, you are going through a great trial; you are being tempted and tossed. But you are My child and I will never allow the enemy to ensnare you. I am going to bring you through!”

…”Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,” says the Lord Almighty. Zechariah 4:6
God’s people should be the most positive, joyful people on earth. This joy should be a by-product of a healthy, intimate relationship with Jesus.

We should see these problems as opportunities to display a different lifestyle and release in our own lives a quiet power that will keep our hearts at peace, because we know that an adequate God is handling the situation; He will take us safely through.

God is calling you today to get your eyes off all circumstances. Do not judge
anything by your present condition. Do not try to figure it all out. Do not let
fear cast you down. God will meet you in prayer!

Don’t Let Your Past Stop You From Going Into Your Future!
*You need to keep on moving forward.

Thank You, Lord, for the example of Jesus, who became poor that I might become rich. May I learn to extend that same grace to those around me who are in need.
Lord, help me to stop my griping and complaining and believe that You have sent these situations deliberately to show me a better way out, a peaceful way, so that my heart is at rest because I am counting on a living God to do something that I cannot do. Jesus, thank you for being our priceless Treasure.
In Jesus Name, Amen