Empowerment Devotional

Soar! In 66 days

1 John 5:14: "And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us." It can be frustrating when we pray persistently and passionately about something, and nothing seems to change. But prayers aren't always answered overnight. And the answer that we get may not be the one that we expect. God may not give us everything we ask for, but He gives us everything we need. Even when He seems silent, He will give us the wisdom to rise above our unanswered prayers and accept the plan that He has set before us.

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Faith-In-Action: 

This is why Jesus tells us that we "ought always to pray and not lose heart" (Luke 18:1). He knows that we are tempted to lose heart by what seems like unanswered prayer. We do have small faith. Jesus knows this and he wants to grow our faith. God tells us there are complicating factors that delay answers to prayer, but he doesn't mean for those factors and delays to make us give up.  Jesus knows it's hard for us too. He knows this promise presses us beyond our limits. He means it to. That's why he made it.

He is drawing us beyond what we've yet seen and experienced, and he's calling out a trust in us that we don't think we have — and are scared to really exercise. Jesus's purpose is not to shame us for our little faith. He's inviting us to Rise above it.