Why Is God Sometimes Slow To Answer?

Have you ever prayed for something and God is slow to answer.

While I know God is in control and has His reasons for delays, it is challenging to face those delays. I have come to learn the delays do not mean denial.

Psalm 46:10 says,

“Be still, and know that I am God.”

If we allow Him to work His will in our lives, He will. While the delay may be frustrating or confusing, it’s important to know that God is at work behind the scenes to accomplish His will. We may not see His hand at work, but we can trust He is.

We may not be ready for the answer just yet but God is working to make sure we are ready when it comes.

I was never so aware of this when I had my knee replacement. I prayed and prayed about which surgeon to go to. And the closer it came I more uneasy I felt, but I just ignored the feeling and went to a surgeon that I had trusted in the past. Little did I know it wasn’t about the surgeon it was about the surgery.

Had I listened to my uneasy feeling, instead of rushing with the surgery. I would have never got it done. God was telling me to wait. I didn’t and today I am facing the consequences of my choice. The rehab has been awful and the pain and nerve damage I endure is brutal.

If God isn’t answering you fast enough to your liking, he might be protecting you from something harmful. He knows everything about everything. People, places, things at all times. We just have to “be still and know He is God.”

God’s timing is always perfect. He is fully in control of all things at all times.

God might delay the answer to grow our faith. I can almost hear Him saying “Just trust me.” Out faith, our character and our understanding of God can grow dramatically when we learn to trust Him in the delays.

I was praying and meditating on God’s Word the other day, and I heard “It’s not your believing that’s the problem, it’s your trusting in me that’s the problem.”

Perhaps God’s delay is His way of redirecting us. We may be praying in one direction and He wants you to pray in a different direction. H might be saying “No” this is not My will, or timing.

God has reasons for His delays. We just need to trust Him because He loves us and wants what best for us.

When we steamboat ahead to do what we want, we may have to pay the consequences for our actions.

“You are free to choose, but you are not free from the consequences of your choice.”