By: James Banks | Printed in Our Daily Bread
When our daughter was 15, she ran away. She was gone more
than 3 weeks. Those were the longest 3 weeks of our lives. We looked everywhere
for her and sought help from law enforcement and friends. During those
desperate days, my wife and I learned the importance of waiting on God in
prayer. We had come to the end of our strength and resources. We had to rely on
God.
It was on a Father’s Day that we found her. We were in a
restaurant parking lot, on our way to dinner, when the phone rang. A waitress
at another restaurant had spotted her. Our daughter was only three blocks away.
We soon had her home, safe and sound.
We have to wait on God when we pray. We may not know how or
when He will answer, but we can put our hearts constantly before Him in prayer.
Sometimes the answers to our prayers don’t come when we would hope. Things may
even go from bad to worse. But we have to persevere, keep believing, and keep
asking.
Waiting is never easy, but the end result, whatever it is,
will be worth it. David put it this way: “Those who know your name trust in
you, for you, Lord, have never forsaken those who seek you” (Ps. 9:10).
Keep seeking. Keep trusting. Keep asking. Keep praying.
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