I have good days and bad days. Like everybody else, I imagine.
On one of those occasions when I had a good day, it occurred to me how arrogant I am in relationship to God.
I was treating God like a genie in a bottle. I state my wishes, and He must grant them to me. If He does not grant me my wishes, it means He does not listen to me. Ow, and by the way, he must grant them now because I am kind of low on patience.
How arrogant and narrow-minded am I?
I have learned since that God has multiple ways of answering our prayers.
One answer is: “NO!”
No, I am God, and I will not give that to you.
Thank God for that answer because if He had answered with “Yes” to all of my prayers, some of the people I know would be burning in hell right as I am writing this.
Another answer is: “Maybe …”
Maybe yes, or maybe no. Depending on my behavior. It makes sense, right?
The third answer I get sometimes is: “Yes, but not now.”
And, last but not least: “Yes!”
But even when the answer to my prayer is Yes, the thing I ask for will not come to me, or it will not happen as I imagined it to happen or in the expected time frame.
God works in mysterious ways. Hi’s ways.
But be assured that he is on the job and in control. So pray often, clear and straightforward.
I hope this helps.
With love, yours truly, Cristian.