We often pray for the health and healing of our bodies. We often pray for things which effect our emotions -- increase our faith, love for another, peace, humility, patience, etc. -- how often do we realize as we make these requests that it is in reality a cry of our souls and spirits to grow before God? For, as we make our requests, God has already answered (Isaiah 65:24 - "It will also come to pass that BEFORE they call, I will answer; and WHILE THEY ARE STILL SPEAKING, I WILL HEAR. -NASB-) with just what is needed so that our souls and our spirits will grow for His glory.
More often than not, it seems as if God send us more of the very thing we are trying to avoid, for, though a worldly expression, the sentiment is backed by The Word of God: "It's got to get worse before it will get better." "...tribulation brings about perseverance;" Romans 5:3 -NASB-
The increase of the very thing for which we request relief is PROOF that God has heard and answered our souls' and spirits' request to grow before Him!
jfn - 5/13/2011
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