Dr. Rick Mandl - December 11, 2020
Your Prayer Has Been Heard
Devotional Manuscript: Your Prayer Has Been Heard?
Message By Dr. Rick Mandl, December 11, 2020 at Eagle Rock Baptist Church
Recorded in Los Angeles, CA.
Hey church family... Do you ever feel like you pray and pray and pray for something, and because you’re not SEEING an answer, you wonder whether your prayers are being heard?
Zechariah and his wife Elizabeth were described in Scripture as righteous and blameless. But they were also childless, so for years they prayed and asked God to give them a child. However, for nearly seven decades, their request remained unfulfilled.
After that amount of time, Zechariah could have done what a lot of people do - he could have given up on God. He could have said, “Why serve God? What good does it do to be righteous and holy and to fulfill my calling if God is not going to answer my prayer, what good is living for Him anyway?” Thankfully that didn’t happen.
Even though it appeared that God just flat out said, “No” to his request for a child, Zechariah kept on working and he kept on praying. Then one day an angel appeared to him and said, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah; your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to call him John.”
Listen to those five words – “your prayer has been heard.” Do you realize how long they had been praying? For close to seven decades. Now this angel was telling them every word had been heard, and God was finally going to answer their prayers.
Are you in a season where you’re praying for something, and it seems as though your prayers aren’t getting any higher than the ceiling? If that’s you, and you’re feeling down and discouraged, remember this. . . What God said through the angel, to Zechariah, he also says through His Word, to you and me. . . “Your prayer has been heard.”
God hears your prayers. And He will answer them in His own way and in His own time. The challenge for you and me is to remember that every single prayer I’ve ever prayed, God as heard. And that even when it seems as though He is being silent, and nothing is happening… He is always listening. I pray that He would help us to remain faithful and trust in Him, believing that He will answer our prayers in accordance with His will and in His time.
Recorded in Los Angeles, CA.
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