His blessings often come disguised – a line that caught my eye in a book that I’m about to finish reading.
The author is talking about the importance of faithful prayer and how God always answers it. He says that often our prayers are answered in ways we don’t understand, but that God’s blessings often come disguised. How true this is!
The Importance of Prayer
First off, let’s consider the importance of prayer. So many times in life we can feel powerless, like there’s nothing we can do in certain situations. But the truth of the matter is that we can pray. And pray we must!
Just because we can’t physically accomplish something towards the goal or concern at hand does not discount praying about it. Bring your concerns and hopes to God in prayer. True, He already knows, but there is a reason the Bible says to pray without ceasing. I believe God loves it when we come to Him in prayer!
And let’s be sure to remember to take our thanks and gratitude to Him in prayer too! Praise Him for His faithfulness and protection, His love and His care. As much as we bring before Him to ask, we should be sure to thank Him for the million and one things He does without our asking!
Next time you or someone around you says, but what can we do? Remember to remind both yourself and them that you can pray – that is one of the most powerful tools we have! We need to shake the illusion that praying isn’t enough. But rather grab hold of the gift of prayer that God has given us! And absolutely, if God shows action that can be taken: Go For It! But if all we can do is pray, then we need to step into that prayer boldly and faithfully, confident that He will answer.
He Always Answers
He always answers our prayers. Always. Sometimes the answer is swift and obvious, other times it requires time and faithfulness to keep asking.
Don’t grow weary or lazy in your prayer life. Be sure to make time to spend with God in prayer. I think finding uninterrupted time is important to spend seeking Him and asking for His direction. But at the same time, I love the ability to whisper (in my heart, not vocally) little prayers of help as I go about my day and talk with people.
God is so faithful and kind to guide us and protect us. To hear our prayers and lead us where He needs us. He has wonderful things ahead for us if we will live by His standards and commandments.
Blessings Often Come Disguised
Blessings often come disguised. They do – that’s so true! Hindsight is 20/20 and I have seen it in my life.
Sometimes we think we know what we want. We pray and pray and pray, and yet the answer isn’t always – or even perhaps isn’t even often – what we hoped and prayed for. Yet down the road, we can see that that disappointment was a blessing in disguise.
And that is something vitally important to remember. God’s ways are perfect. His answers – or even lack of an answer yet – is perfect. If He hasn’t revealed an answer to you yet, keep asking, you are developing faithfulness. He will reveal things in His time, you can be confident of that. Submit, humble yourself, and be faithful. Trust that He will come through – He always has in the past!
Blessings often come disguised – in that they don’t come in the format that we were hoping or expecting. But then, down the road, we realize how much better this blessing was than what we had asked and prayed for in the past!
Until Next Time!
Hope.
PS. Keep Reading: https://www.theamericanlady.com/2019/08/28/he-always-answers/