"Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness." (James 1:2-3)
From Romans 10 we know that genuine and real faith is built upon the Word of God. We hear from God and we choose to believe. What sometimes seems to slip away from our awareness is the fact that God is all about transforming us into Christlike character and that He often does that by testing our faith. Sometimes that comes in the form of trials of a variety of nature, none of which are outside of God's realm of sovereignty and ability to direct.
Some tests, however, come in the form of prayers that are answered with "Wait" or with "silence on God's part." God has promised. We are praying in accord with His will, and yet the answer delays.
My encouragement to you today is keep on persevering in your prayers. God has heard and He is at work to mold you and refine you and shape you. What He has promised, He will do in His time.
Consider Elijah after the showdown with the prophets of Baal on Mt. Carmel. God had promised rain and so he told King Ahab, rain is coming. And yet for six trips out to look by the servant the sky had been clear, and on the seventh a cloud in the distance the size of a man's fist. Faith is the ability to hear the rain when the sun is shining, and to believe the answer when there is a cloud the size of a fist and that is all you have.
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