Perhaps you have that passionate prayers that have never been answered. Perhaps you've been led to ask whether God really hears your requests and desires. Or perhaps you've already given up praying because after all, God is all-knowing and all-powerful He always does what pleases Him, even without your consent.
But have we actually thought that maybe our unanswered prayers are just God's way of teaching us to trust Him because He knows better? That maybe His "NO" is just a redirection so that we will not miss His "good pleasing and perfect will"? We are not being denied of our desires and dreams and prayers...God wants us to have something better!
You see in the bible, we can see God shutting doors and closing opportunities for people not because He is power tripping but because He wants them not to get lost in their journey towards their God-given destinations. He says NO to people, even to His most trusted and most faithful followers so that they will not miss the point of God's better plans and better strategies. It's always about living by faith and trusting Him along the way!
So, the next time we see NOs and DETOURs and STOPs and NO WAYs, we'd better follow because the one giving the directions is always right. After all God declares in Isaiah 55:8-9 "For My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways, for as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts."
God's NO is never a rejection. It is a redirection.
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