Why God Does Not Answer Our Prayers?

Many of us Christians would at some point come to this question "Why aren't my prayers answered?" or something along that line. You'd probably come to the conclusion that maybe God has a better thing installed for me that I do not know. While that answer has its place, that doesn't really answer our question. What about when I was sick and I prayed but I didn't get healed? The previous answer obviously does not apply to this question. So what is the answer then? Does God want me to be sick to teach me a lesson? Firstly you gotta know that God is always good. But that still does not answer our question. How about the million dollar question most would ask God, "What is your will for my life?". I'm sure you can identify with me that GOD NEVER ANSWERS YOU THIS QUESTION. Haha. So now the question turns to why not? In other words, why didn't God answer my prayer?

Lets check out the Scriptures to get our heads straight in this aspect.

Galatians 4:4-7 and Romans 8:15-17 says this,

But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons. And because we are His sons, God has sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, so now we can rightly speak of God as our dear Father. Therefore you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, then an heir of God. (Galatians 4:4-7 NKJV and TLB)

And so we should not be like cringing, fearful slaves, but we should behave like God's very own children, adopted into the bosom of his family, and calling to Him, "Father, Father." The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children then heirs -- heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together. (Romans 8:15-17 TLB and NKJV)

We gotta understand that when we accepted Christ into our lives, we are adopted into God's family. God has become our Father and we have become His children. God will never treat us like a slave. When we pray these kind of prayers like, "God, what is your will for my life?", He often doesn't answer us this question because He wants us to make an independent choice on our own. Because if our actions are always dictated by God then He wouldn't have created us in the first place. He would've created and programmed robots to do His will. In other words, we participate to reach the will of God.

I'd also like to stress on the earlier statement I made about 'God wants us to make independent decisions on our own'. I'd like to propose that there are actually particular choices we make that actually makes God more happy than if we would to choose something else. This applies to minor decisions we make in everyday life as well as major crossroads in life. Whether it may be how we spend our time in a day to who should I marry or what job should I choose, what we choose will actually affect God. He always loves us and will probably bless us no matter what we choose but there is a one choice that will make Him smile.

So how have we been praying? or how have we been living?

Sometimes some people seem to be honoring their leaders with statements like, "Ps. M didn't say mah", "Ps. J say can mah". Before I go further, there is a place to listen to your leaders, I myself heavily emphasis on this aspect as well as practice it, but what I'm trying to say now is have you been having a mind of a slave behind these statements?

Having said that some people might say,

"But we are sheep what. We must listen to what our leaders say."

Wow very smart answer....... NOT!

I'd like to propose that identity wise, we are NOT sheep. Sheep are animals and one of the problems that sheep have is that they are almost blind and often go astray. So if you think your a sheep your probably often confuse (almost blind) and often go astray.

Let me bring in the story of the Israelites and their promise land in the Old Testament to push my point further.

We know that when they reached the promise land that there were giants in the land and 12 spies were sent to scout the land. 10 came back with negative reports and 2 (Joshua & Caleb) came back with a report of victory even before the battle was fought. Of coz' we all know that the story ended without a battle taking place rather a 40 years of wandering in the desert. This defeat was inevitable because these events all took place after the incident at Mount Sinai (Ten Commandments story). So it is obvious why the 10 of the 12 spies came back with negative reports. (read Exodus)

I'd like to propose that if we do not change our slavish attitude and mindset we will end up wandering in the desert. We will not be ready to conquer the giants in our promise land. And every promise land has giants in them. Are you gauging yourself for the battle that must and will take place?

Sometimes churches don't grow and souls are not saved not because people are not praying or going to church but because majority of people are having minds of slaves, defeated even before the fight.

So let us consider this when our prayers are not answered. I don't rule out the possibility that unanswered prayers are caused by other factors but let us consider this truth when our prayers are answered.

I hope this helps you to live a victorious Christian life. One that pleases the Lord and gaining the only applause that matters.

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What happens when a prince is in prison? He makes the prison a palace.
Kris Vallotton