What Do You Expect?

When God comes to answer prayer are we really ready to experience the fullness of power of the truth that comes with it? God responds to our deepest needs and answers our requests but when you pray what do you expect Him to do? Do you expect to receive your answer immediately? Do you expect an answer at all? When you pray do you pray confidently that He will bless your desires? Do you expect God to give you more than you ask for? Do you expect God to listen not only to the prayers of your mouth, but to the desires of your heart? 

When I first started praying for brokenness I didn't know what that would look like. I didn't expect it to be one of the longest and darkest seasons I've ever been through. When I begged God to change me, change my heart I didn't expect that this is what I would look like. When I asked God to show me my idols and anything that was keeping me from Him I didn't expect that I would actually have to give anything up. I didn't know that it would mean giving up everything. 

See, God doesn't just hear our requests and give to us what we ask; He gives to us more than we ask. He gives so abundantly that often times we don't see the vastness of how deeply He longs to bless us! Because of Jesus, our Father says, "Yes, my child, but have this too!" and then He pours out everything. But it's more than how much he gives us, but what He offers to us when we seek Him. God knows our truest needs, most often times the ones we don't even realize exist. God not only answers our prayers but he replies to our greatest benefit! 

It takes time to begin to grasp the depth of the answers we receive. And often times, I'm realizing, He reveals the  responses in savory bites; feeding us, satisfying and sustaining us abundantly! The more that I seek the Lord the more He opens me to His goodness and His faithfulness. When you go before the Father, whether it is in tears and pain, or in joyfulness, know that He is waiting to answer you with the fullness of power that is Christ's resurrection; there are no boundaries and no limits on what He is going to do for you! Be confident that God is listening. Be encouraged that He knows what you need and what you desire before you come to Him and be thankful that He is wise and knows your deepest, purest, most true needs.