LISTEN ONLINEEmma was stressed. She was due to attend her Universal Credit application meeting and had heard stories about how unfriendly the advisors could be. Yet her family really needed the financial support. Although not a Christian, she allowed the team at my wife’s community support group to pray for her.
A week later it was a different story. Emma shared with them how amazing and helpful the advisor had been. “I’ve never heard of anyone having a meeting like mine. There’s something in this prayer thing: maybe it’s sending good vibes.”
Clearly, Emma isn’t yet understanding or acknowledging God, but isn’t it exciting to see Him at work both in answering prayer and in drawing her to Himself? As the Psalmist writes, “Praise awaits you, our God, in Zion; to you our vows will be fulfilled. You who answer prayer, to you all people will come” (Psalm 65:1-2). We sometimes forget that God loves to answer prayer, showing Himself in the details of our and others’ lives. In this, He invites us to come close to Him.
Sometimes we can’t see God at work. And those times are incredibly hard. Yet Scripture promises, “You answer us with awesome and righteous deeds, God our Saviour” (v. 5). He hasn’t changed. So, bring your needs to Him today, and don’t give up, for He is still “the hope of all the ends of the earth” (v. 5).