Proverbs 1:28 Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me. 29 For that they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the Lord.
It seems as if the direct answers to prayers together with the unusually clear guidance God gave in times past are now more the exception than the rule. We pray long and hard, and often, but it seems as if the answers become stalled for some reason, or there is no definite clarity by which we can conclude a “Thus saith The Lord” was given.
In times past those who truly believed in God would pray, and God would answer in ways that were not fuzzy or shrouded in uncertainty. Joshua prayed for an interference of the sun and moon, so that he and the Hebrews could finish their due diligence and the answer came right away. Samuel called for thunder and hail, when he sought to impress upon the conscience of the people God’s displeasure in them asking for a king.
And he did not have to wait long for it thundered and rained hail all that day. Gideon prayed for a sign, so that he could be clear in his mind about the grave mission he was about to undertake, and lo and behold, The Lord answered him immediately, not two weeks or one month later as too often occurs with us at times.
Psalms 66:18 If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me.
May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!