The Ball’s In His Court

It’s been awhile. The reason for my absence is two-fold. I’m still going through this trial and I’ve been really busy with my new job.

Waiting through this trial, I’ve spent a lot of time reading the Bible about prayer. God talks a lot about prayer. He tells us how to pray. He tells us what to pray. He tells us how much we should pray. In studying these passages, I make sure and do what God tells me.

God tells us to cast our anxiety upon him.

“casting all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you.” 1 Peter 5:7

He has big shoulders. No problem is too big or too small.

God tells us to keep asking.

“In a certain city there was a judge who did not fear God and did not respect man. There was a widow in that city, and she kept coming to him saying, ‘Give me legal protection from my opponent.’ For a while he was unwilling, but afterward he said to himself, ‘Even though I do not fear God nor respect man, yet because this widow bothers me, I will give her legal protection otherwise by continually coming she will wear me out.’ And the Lord said, Hear what the unrighteous judge said, now, will not God bring about justice for His elect who cry to Him day and night, and will He delay long over them? I tell you that He will bring about justice for them quickly.” (Luke 18:2-8)

God basically tells us to keep asking. You know, nagging. Maybe we can call it spiritual nagging. Or, holy nagging. I like that better-holy nagging. It’s true! Read that passage over again in Luke 18. God is saying be like the woman who kept coming to the judge and asking over and over again. He didn’t respond to her because he was righteous. He gave in to her because she wouldn’t stop asking. So that is exactly what I do. I cry out to God morning, noon and night. I don’t let up. That’s what He said to do.

So now the ball is in God’s court. I’ve done what He told me to do. I haven’t stopped praying. I haven’t stopped crying out to Him morning, noon, and night. This is what God says to do. It’s not my idea, it’s His!

And then I wait. I wait on His promises. I hold Him to His Word. I look foward to His work and intervention. He WILL intervene. I know He will. I believe Him.

I would encourage you to do the same, Believer. If you are going through a trial. If you have unanswered prayers, go to God and put the ball in His court. He is faithful. He will answer.