For those struggling financially …
God didn’t shortchange you on time. You have all the time you need. Don’t forget to take time for what’s important. When you’re in financial trouble, it’s easy to think, I desperately need to work my way out of this mess. I need to work 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. If only there were more hours in a day. No. God created cycles of work and rest, of achievement and celebration, of labor and relationship. There is a time for everything. Work hard when it’s time to work. But when the workday is over, commit what you couldn’t do to the Lord. He will take care of it.
But the angel said to him: “Do not be afraid, Zechariah; your prayer has been heard….” — Luke 1:13
Sometimes our lives are defined by a single prayer. It may be a prayer for a child, as was the case with Zechariah and Elizabeth. It may be a prayer for healing or deliverance. It may be a prayer for blessing, as was the case with Jabez.
I want you to think about your prayer. Look at what the Lord did. Zechariah and Elizabeth could no longer have what they longed for. They were too old. Their dream had died. It may be that you can no longer lift your face heavenward. Maybe your dream has died.
Think about your prayer. There were so many years of silence. Pleading with God. Faithfully obeying His commandments, yet moving through life with a silent cry of anguish. No response. Nothing. Where was God?
Think about your prayer. Who can understand the ways of God? Zechariah is chosen to enter the Most Holy Place and burn incense before the Lord. A great privilege, but a weighty responsibility. The assembled worshipers were praying outside. Zechariah went in with ropes tied to his ankles, so that if he or they did anything to displease God, Zechariah’s dead body could be pulled from the temple without anyone violating God’s sacred space.
In this moment of great fear, God’s silence is broken. “Yes, I have heard your prayer.”
“Yes.” God is preparing an answer to your prayer.
Be encouraged!
Dwight
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