what are you really waiting to hear?

i hear people say all of the time "i'm praying but i don't hear God's answers" or "i'm praying and i don't think God hears me" or "i'm praying but God is not listening" or some variation of that statement.  so i pose these questions to some of those people; what are you really waiting to hear?  are you really trying to hear God?  are you truly open to hear His answer to that/those prayer(s) or are you hoping He gives you the answers you want to hear?

let me help just a little; if the answer you want does not line up with God's plan for you He is not going to line up with it.  we are to fall in line with God and His words over our lives, He is not supposed to line up to our guidelines.  His word says in Psalm 37:4 Delight thyself also in the Lord, and He shall give thee the desires of thine heart.  what does that mean?  it means you become one with God, get to know Him better, develop a relationship with Him, know His word and as you build that relationship you will discover that what He wants for you will become what you want for yourself and He will give you everything you desire in your heart because it lines up with Him.

ex: Lord the megamillions is $300 plus million and i don't want to be gready, i don't need all of it but if you could bless me with $30 million that will allow me to do all of the things i need to do for my family, my church...Lord you know i'll tithe that 10%, for myself.  just bless me Lord.  that's your prayer, your desire, your want but His want may be slightly different.  He may want you to do all of those things but He knows if He gives you that $30 mill right now you won't be able to handle it, you aren't strong enough to ward of the trouble that is going to come with it just yet.  keep in mind that

He doesn't want you in lack but He does want you in line with Him and His plans for your life.
He is the founder and principal, we are the students and the substitute teachers, we are to line up with His lesson plan, His guidelines, His rule.

so i ask again; what are you really waiting to hear?  be honest with yourself because God already knows the answer.

peace and blessings GoOD people!
jai ar
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what it looks like is sometimes different from what it is

a lot of times when people seem not to support you in your dreams, aspirations and/or God given assignments you think it's because they don't believe in you or they are hating on you and in some cases that may very well be true.  however believe it or not a lot of times, especially in the case of love ones, it's fear.  yes, fear.  they are afraid that you will move in your gift, be blessed in your gift and forget all about them, leave them behind.  what you have to do is reassure them, or at least verbalize sincerely, that you will not intentionally mistreat them or forget about them or leave them behind.  the next thing you must do is pray for them, pray that the fear be removed not only the fear that they have of you moving and advancing in your gift but also the fear be removed so that they can move and advance in their own God given assignment.

we all have an assignment and sometimes the size of it or the potential outcome will intimidate us but we have to trust that if it was given by God it will be fueled by God and covered by God and He is not an author of fear, lack or anxiety.

move in your gifts wonderful people and remember that what that thing looks like is sometimes different from what it actually is.  you think people are being non-supportive and hating on your dreams when in actuality is could be that they love you so much and are afraid of losing you to what is about to happen in your life.

peace and blessings beautiful people!

jai ar