Are unanswered prayers God’s greatest gift to us?By Tim Angles | 3/26/2020
Several years ago an American country singer released a song
that became very popular called “Unanswered Prayers”.
The song is about a guy who goes to his class reunion and
runs into his ex-girlfriend and remembers praying that this girl would be his
wife and they would live happily ever after.
After considering his present wife, the man realizes that God’s
answer to his teenage prayer wasn’t “No, I don’t care about you”, but “No, I
have something better in mind for you”.
The bible is filled with examples of how God redirects
people because He has a better plan for them than the current path they are on.
One great example of this is found in Acts 16.
Paul and Silas were traveling from town to town telling people
about Jesus.
They came to a town and it soon became clear to them that
God wanted them to go in a different direction.
GOD CHANGED THEIR PLANS.
Whatever you’re praying for today, keep in mind that if God
is not giving you the answer you hoped for, God has a better plan for you!
Who knows? Someday in
the future you might join in singing “some of God’s greatest gifts are
unanswered prayers”.