A baggage of "unanswered" prayers

I sorry if I just startled some of you with my title. " Esther! God answers prayers. How could you say that!" People don't usually talk about such things much. It's like a taboo. It's almost "unholy" to even be tempted to think that your prayers have gone no where when things just don't seem to be changing or basically, when it seems like the answer you were looking for when you said that prayer doesn't seem like its coming to past.

You see, ppl like to hear crazy cool healing/ power packed testimonies. Ppl get excited when blind men see, lame men walk, when 1 million people get saved at a conference, when their friends come to know God the first time on their first visit to an outreach. Stuff like that. I have nothing against that, I think these things are worth going all crazy about. Thing is, sometimes, some people (like me) don't see the result of their prayers like they would like to see them come to past. And we usually shuff these "unanswered" prayers under the carpet, pretending we never really prayed for them, or we try to make excuses for God why it didn't really happen. Woah, this is getting heavy here... I have had a whole baggage of questions marks, disappointments with my "unanswered" prayers where things haven't gone the way I wanted them to go.

But something struck me hard today. We can't go shuffing all our "unanswered" prayers and moving on with our lives as if we never really prayed about it because that would affect our faith in Him. For example, I prayed very hard but no one received Christ in my first net outreach. I tried to make excuses for the people, why they didn't wanna receive Him yet and all and then shuffed it underneath the carpet to make myself feel better. But the next time I pray, I'm gonna have the fear (doubt) that God might not answer my prayer "again", and I would have to "make an excuse" for Him again.

But thing is, He does not need us to make excuses for Him! He is a true to every word He says and He would not let His Name be put to shame. (So no need to worry for Jesus)

My "One" didn't come to know God last year. I've been praying for her for like years and yea, things just haven't been gg the way I've been praying for it to be. To be very honest, I got so tired, so discouraged and I began to question. I began to question if I really heard God when He asked me to write her name down. Things just seemed so so so impossible. But after much tears and prayer in the last two years, the miracle came ystd. She was the one talking to me about God's unconditional love and how she was gonna attend church with her family today. You cannot imagine how overjoyed I was. In fact, I was shocked cos it all seemed so sudden how her perspective changed. Even she told me, "Its was just like suddenly. She just got enlightened." Wha lau I pray so hard the past few years that she'd come to church, have a sobbing session with God and all but no, God did it just like that. In His very own special way (:

The reason why I put " " with "unanswered" prayers is because, NO prayers go unanswered. For a while it might seem unanswered. For a long period it might seem like God didn't hear your prayer. But He hears every single prayer. He will make everything beautiful in His time. And He will answer your prayer. Its a promise. Confirm stamp chop! It's just a matter of when and a matter of trusting Him for it... no matter how long it takes. Mine took me two years but yea, God came through nonetheless. The next time things don't go the way you prayed, don't shuff it underneath the carpet. Instead, make Him accountable for what He has said, (Haha, responsible God okay.) hold on tightly to His promises until you see it come to past.

Abraham didn't see all the promises come to past before He died. Perhaps he had moments where He felt like us... Like "Hey seriously God, it's not happening." But He held on tightly to God's word. And look at us now, hasn't God fufilled His word? :)

God never gives us big dreams just so He could see us crumble and fail miserably. Haha! Why would He do that? His name is at stake hullo. Haha. "The God who began the good work within you, will continue His work until it is finally finished on that day when Christ Jesus comes back again." Philipians 1:6

I serve a faithful God who hears every prayer, my every cry.

Wait and see that the Lord is good.He never fails :')