Praying and Waiting

Lord, you tell me in your word not to loose heart and keep on trusting and believing ?  But "why" do you allow me to wait so long for some healings in my body while other circumstances come so quickly.  Why does this need I'm waiting for today still not become manifested?  I "Am" praying.

If you have found yourself saying these words I surely can understand and relate. There have been times when waiting for a healing or a change of circumstances that seems to be take days, months or even years. We can't understand why if God says He is our healer why doesn't He just simply heal our situations right away.  This is a question of much controversy  in most believers hearts.

Did you ever think that while we are in a situation of discomfort pain or maybe great unhappiness of circumstances that the Lords desire to heal and comfort us is instantly heard.   But in fact there are dark evil strongholds keeping these requests from coming to pass in our lives.  We find this by Reading the story of Daniel in old testament telling us that he prayed for 21 days before his answer came "via" a personal visit from the warring Angel ( Many believe to be Gabriel ) saying, Daniels prayers were heard immediately but took 21 days because of  "tremendous demonic warfare" taking place in the heavenlys.
(Daniel 10:12)
 Then He said unto me fear not from the first day thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before the Lord God, thy words were heard verse :13 but the Prince of Persia withstood me one and twenty days. This meaning demon warfare with angelic messengers keeping our prayers from being received into our lives.   This clearly shows us "not to give up" or the devil wins.  Michael was then called upon bringing emediate "victory"!  Do you see why the "pressing in and not giving up" is so vitally important.  Intercession  (Holy Spirit led prayers) is  needed to break through in the spirit realm.  This is where the "God given power" is. This is why its so important to receive the baptism in the Holy Spirit with it's power).  Not only water baptism.

Psalm 40:1 I waited patiently for the Lord; and He inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
This word "incline" means to deviate from an erect position.
The "Noah Websters1828 first Edition of the American Dictionary of the English language" describes it like this  "To bend  stoop or bow lovingly concerned".  The Lord is actually stooping down hovering over you listening with compassion our heartfelt prayers.  An act of endearment and tender love that you don't see but sense and feel as your paying.  His "Holy Spirit" breathing lovingly into you and I  "listening and waiting"and interceding and crying with you.  During these moments as you linger in His presence there may be other things He will show you by His Spirit to comfort and help you. These intimate times become what I call the "Glory realm" a vision may appear or maybe a word whispered into your heart or a lingering from the Holy Spirit that brings into your being a miraculous peacefulness you desperately need . So be sensitive believing just as the scripture says  "He inclined unto me and heard my cry".  He is with you while you are crying out to Him in prayer.

There are also countless  testimony's of this unexplainable love through someone else interceding through prayers directed by the "Holy Spirit".  To pray for another in trouble this my friend is a "spiritual call for help" from God for "you to pray right now!" Just as an ambulance blows it's horn when rushing to someone in need.  This urgency is your call to pray for another as you become more and more sensitive and yeiled tn prayer.  On this spiritual level mysterious people may appear as an answer to you prayers  just in time to help someone out of a wrecked car or keep someone from drowning.  These are "Angels" on assignment ministering prior to a tragic event bringing someone to safely.  Or as in this next story I will share with you shows how the Lord answered the deepest prayers of a woman's desperate search for the truth to be made known to her through the very unusual circumstance "a broken t.v"  that suddenly started working  in the midnight hour showing  her the way truth and life in Jesus Christ.

 A pregnant woman who previously had her other two children  delivered at home ran into complications with her third child's home birthing.  Because of her religious beliefs she believed no other help should be administered which kept her from receiving the medical attention she desperately needed in her excessive laboring that led from hours into days. Her husband relented after being pressured by his wife's friend to do something "Quickly" before they  both die!
Rushing her in to a nearby Hospital Emergency room found their unborn child had already stopped breathing for to long a period of time and had already died in her womb.
Through the mercy of God and a heartbroken mothers prayers they saw a miracle take place as the E.R. doctors resuscitated the infant back to life.
 Her story goes on to say she was locked in a "tradition and form" of rebellious belief that imprisoned her family with strict legalism and fear that she would go to hell for simply cutting her hair, or wearing earrings.  The list went and on.  She knew nothing else from her youth about true salvation or freedom through Christ Jesus.  It was her persistent cry's for God to intervene with " the truth" that brought her a break through as mysterious thing took place while she was pressing into the night praying and crying out to God.  A christian program kept popping up on the screen of a "broken" t.v. while she fervently sought for answers deep into the night.  God was intervening right before her eyes by bringing her answer through an Evangelist teaching and preaching the love of Christ, without all the "man made" laws and legalism she so urgently needed to hear to be set free.
With the help of her closest Christian friend she was able to attend  christian gatherings which brought restoration and healing into her ready heart delivering her and her family from the dark condemning religious lifestyle that was not from God but from 'man".  May I again  again remind you the t.v. was totally broken and unusable but this Christian Preacher kept appearing over and over while every other station was black.  She unmistakably knew it was God speaking directly to her while "desperately" searching for the truth.   Yes"God heard" and responded quickly reaching out to her in a way she would never forget that it was Him! 

On the another side of my spiritual walk I have lost some wonderful believing friends that during their sickness I spent countless hours laying hands on them praying and doing all I  knew to do in the scriptures and they "still" went home  to be with the Lord before their time..   These traumatic disappointments left me shattered in my faith. Again we can  ask Why Lord WHY?  I prayed knowing and believing you would heal them.  During one of these times  pressing deep into the night  He told me "You didn't know the heart of His loved one"  "Only I do" He went on to tell me "They desired to go with me to their eternal peace". The Lord said  "I will never supersede the desires of his precious ones requests".  I will never forget His answer as it so deeply touched my heart till this day.
I learned a very deep truth from the throne of God Himself.  He will never force a person when deep within they have run the good race of faith and are ready to at  "Long at last"   be with "The Lord." 

The realm of the Spiritual is not like this natural one. Once we are at that point of crossing over Its up to us if we stay or go. If a person is very weak and old is is inevitable that they are ready.  But for the younger the only time God will not deem our request to let go of this earthly realm is when He knows there are still many things He desires for us to still do here. Knowing we are needed here for "His" special assignments and kingdom work.

The pregnant woman's child should have never lived after being in labor for so many days but God had a plan, a miraculous plan and a testimony for this family to be part of so that countless others would be set free from the  legalism of hateful religious beliefs that are not of Him.  Also hearing of the miraculous ways of our  "Wonderful Good God"  Who is  "Truly alive" and still setting people free as we call upon the wonderful name of "Jesus" who is still "Healing" us in "body soul and spirit" faithfully as we call upon His "Mighty" name in this "Holy most intimate encounter" we  call "prayer".