What if God Doesn't answer your prayer 😔

I woke up after going through some really tough things yesterday. During this ordeal, I fought back bitterness as I tried to understand why God was still allowing so much oppression in my life. I literally thought, "What is the purpose to live according to your will, and still see no breakthrough?" He said nothing.

I continued to war for my family in spite of what it looked like. In the natural I am loosing when it comes to the well-being of my family. It seems as though the things I love the most are being destroyed. The very desires that I believe God gave me seem so unreachable.

I have so many Lukewarm Christians looking at me with pity thinking, "I told her that people have their own free will, and Satan is not controlling them. There are no generational curses". God, where are you?

But yet something inside of me gave me the strength to push back the shame and defeat and continue to pray over my family, waring in the spirit. I walked away from my prayer torn to pieces in the spirit, pushing back the sadness as I continued to wait on God.

Somehow, my family made it through this ordeal, but this situation made me really question my stand, "What if God doesn't do what I know is promised?"

Theologist will have another statement to correct me with my question. This promise never came from God, this was just your own mind and desire. The answers to God's promises are yes and amen. The evidence is obviously clear, if your spouse leaves or the divorce has gone through....then you obviously didn't get that promise from God.

But as I look at my life filled with unanswered prayers, my trust in God is so powerful, that even in the stillness of my life, I will serve him regardless of him ever answering another prayer. It is in this posture that I destroyed every tactic of the enemy.

The test for Job, was when he worshipped God despite losing it all. He didn't understand why it was happening, but he trusted God!

Do you trust God? As I prayed and covered my family, these realities came out of what I endured.

1. God never changes.

2. He can not be defeated.

3. He always has a purpose.

4. His redeeming power over my life has allowed me to walk through hardship in peace.

I woke up from a long sleep after my ordeal, feeling the peace of God. While not everything has changed in the natural, my middle daughter accepted Jesus as her savior yesterday, and I know this is just the beginning of the many promises that God has given me. I know in my spirit that everything eles has already been done.

I want to encourage you, that your ultimate posture in this battle is kneeling at the feet of God. While your spouse, your in-laws and the OW/OM may seem to be your biggest obstacles, I'm here to tell you they are not. Your biggest obstacle is your mind.

Remember when Jonah was mad at God, and ran away from his calling, only for God to encounter him, and put him back on his path, just to do what Johnah feared he would do. It would seem that God did not keep his word to Johnah.

This is for that stander who trusted God, believed Him only to see what He promised would not happen, happen: the separation, the divorce, your spouse marrying the OW/OM.

Nineveh was destroyed, as God said. The city of Nineveh was destroyed by the Babylonians, Medes, and Scythians in 612 B.C. The destruction was a result of God's wrath on the city for its wickedness, cruelty, bloodshed, and idolatry, but it was in His timing and for a greater purpose.

God will do as he promised. We must continue to trust him, the work that is occurring, is in you. Don't give up on God. In this season he is working on you by:

1. Increased reliance on God:

When you actively choose to wait on God, you are choosing to believe that He is in control and will provide for your needs, even when you don't see immediate answers.

2. Greater patience:

The process of waiting can teach you to be patient and not rush into solutions, trusting that God's timing is perfect.

3. Deepened faith:

As you wait, you are forced to rely on your faith and not just on your own understanding, which can strengthen your overall trust in God.

4.Spiritual growth:

Waiting on God can be a time of introspection and reflection, allowing you to focus on your relationship with Him and grow spiritually.

5.Perspective shift:

Waiting can help you see situations from a broader perspective, understanding that God's plan may be different from what you initially expected.

The greatest thing that God has given me is a beautiful spiritual perspective that makes ever challenge in my life a "for me" situation. Getting to know God will allow you to weather ever storm and continue to hold on to what Satan is telling you to let go of. Today shift your perspective. God will do as he promised, he is leading you.

My family will be saved, I will testify of the Goodness of the Lord in the land of the living!

Shalom

Keshia Torruella

Waiting on God, growing as you wait