God listens to His people... He answers those who are His...
Generally speaking... there are three answers...
Yes...
No...
Wait...
This morning... Valentine's Day... after studying love... God's variety of... the lesson on prayer came back to mind... in particular... His answer... No...
How do you respond to... No...?
Suck it up...
Receive it by faith...
Tell yourself... He knows what's best...
Have a temper tantrum...
Pout...
Me... I generally receive... No... with an air of stoicism bordering on martyrdom...
But a new response came to mind this morning... a response that can only emanate from walking in the light...
When we hear No from Him... it should not be interpreted as merely... No... we should hear...
"No... I have something better for you..."
This No from the Father... is a No that stirs excitement... anticipation... expectation...
What was the last "no" you heard...?
Can you receive it in the eternal light of... I have something better for you...?
The healing... that didn't come...
The job... that wasn't received...
The marriage... that wasn't saved...
I don't know... maybe it's too hard... in a world of gray... to hear... No... I have something better for you...
But our God... for those in Christ Jesus... He is a God of great... deep... love... a Father who only gives the best... even when He says... "No"...
"If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him! ..."
Matthew 7:11
In light... of God's love...
I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you
with power through his Spirit in your inner being,
so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith.
And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love,
may have power, together with all the saints,
to grasp how wide and long and high and deep
is the love of Christ, and to know this love
that surpasses knowledge --- that you may be filled
to the measure of all the fullness of God.
Ephesians 3:16-19
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