Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save,Israel wondered why God was not answering their prayers. Isaiah told them in no uncertain terms God would not answer their prayers as long as they continued in their wicked ways.
nor His ear too dull to hear.
But your iniquities have separated
you from your God;
your sins have hidden His face from you,
so that He will not hear. Isaiah 59:1-2
How quickly we put the blame on God when our prayers seemingly go unanswered. However, many times the reason our prayers seem to fall on “deaf” ears is because we harbor unconfessed sin in our lives. We seem to be so willing to place the blame everywhere but where it should be—on ourselves.
God always answers prayers with at least a yes, no, or wait. We tend to think God has not answered our prayers when we don’t get the answer we want or we don’t get the answer we want immediately.
The content of the prayer is of no importance when considering the content of the character offering the prayer. Just as we turn away when we see something completely disturbing, God is sickened by sin. God cannot tolerate sin and therefore must always punish sin. “Your eyes are too pure to look on evil; you cannot tolerate wrong.” Habakkuk 1:13
If we want God to consider our prayers we must align ourselves to Him. To many times we try attempting to align God to what we want. That thought seems ridiculously silly but stop and think how many times we do attempt that very thing. Jesus says in John 15:7, “If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you.”
The next time you pray, remember to give more consideration to the content of your character than the content of your prayer. God wants to communicate with you. He is not interested in vain repetitions or flowery words. He is interested in you; He wants a close, personal relationship with you.
If you find praying difficult I encourage you to use the ACTS method of prayer: adoration, confession, thanksgiving, and then supplication. The arm of the Lord is never to short too save or His ears too dull to hear.
God Bless!
