Prayer Answering God.

 Prayer-Answering God

A Reflection on Psalm 65:2, Jeremiah 33:3, and 1 John 5:14-15

You are the prayer-answering God—not a distant, silent force,

But the Father who bends low to hear, who alters His course

To meet the cry of the broken, the whisper of the meek,

The groans that words cannot utter, the tears that roll down the cheek.

O You who hear prayer, to You all people will come. (Psalm 65:2)

You answer prayer—not because we twist Your arm,

But because You are good, and Your love is a warm,

Unfailing river that flows from the throne,

Answering in ways that make Your glory known.

Sometimes the answer is “yes” —a sudden, joyful rain,

A healing, a provision, a breaking of the chain.

Sometimes the answer is “no” —not to deny, but to give

A greater good, a deeper grace, a reason to truly live.

Sometimes the answer is “wait” —a season of preparation,

A pruning for harvest, a holy transformation.

“Call to Me, and I will answer you, and I will tell you great and mighty things, which you do not know.” (Jeremiah 33:3)

You answer prayer—not based on our eloquence or worth,

But on the blood of Jesus, the second birth.

When we come in His name, when we ask according to Your will,

You hear, and You answer, and our spirits are still.

So I bring my requests—the big and the small,

The desperate, the broken, the one that I stall

To speak because I fear the answer may not please.

But You are good, and Your answers bring release.

This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of Him. (1 John 5:14-15)

**Prayer-answering God, I thank You for the “yes” I’ve seen,

For the “no” that taught me trust, for the “wait” that made me clean.

You have never failed me; You never will.

Your answers are wisdom; Your silence is still

A form of answering, a deeper kind of care.

I trust You, Lord; I leave my prayers right there.

Amen.