This is Why You Pray

We know nothing. Nothing about life, our life and especially about God's plan. He runs this universe and we are in it.

There are times when you think that He is distant from you but that shouldn't stop you from praying. Why? Because you never know what He is up to.

When the spirit comes over you, praise Him, worship Him, speak in tongues and just keep doing it until you are filled. Thank God for the time that you spend with Him. Your communing with Him is what protect you from evil, He blesses your going out and coming in, saves you when everyone else isn't. Your relationship with Him is what keeps you in His hand.

Think about it and remember that everything happens for a reason but God's love is for all seasons.

Thank You, Thank You, Thank You Lord! You are Good.

What to Do in the Meanwhile

Best-selling author Iyanla Vanzant has written a book on the meanwhile. It's the period when you go through a change and are waiting to receive all the good things that life has to offer. What do you do in this moment though. When you have made realizations and have taken the action necessary to bring you closer to fulfillment but you are still not there yet.

This period can also be described as the period of waiting for God to answer your prayers.

You have prayed so much that you might think that He is avoiding you. Everyday you bring your supplications to Him, you go on your knees and cry out to Him and nothing. You fast and you fellowship and still time goes by and God's answer has not been made clear to you.

When you're praying about something specific like getting a job it's easy to see how long your prayer has been unanswered and it is just as easy to lose heart.

So what do you do in these moments? This might seem redundant but you pray. You keep praying and talking to Him. Present all your feelings and thoughts to Him and believe that He has a reason for the apparent delay. A reason which may or may not be reviled to you but regardless His love will continue to be present.

Sometimes God's delay is not for you but for your testimony. Think about it.

Even as the days become weeks and then months and maybe even years (God-forbid if your prayer is regarding a job), just encourage yourself because it is God's will. Every closed door doesn't mean God is denying you your blessing. No, never. God's will, love and plan for your life will always work together for good (romans 8.28).

So smile and sing Hezekiah Walker's Faithful is Our God and Marvin Sapp's Not the Time, Not the Place and remembered you are blessed.