Thank you for answering my Prayer.

 You Answer Prayer, O God

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

You answer prayer, O God—not sometimes, not with delay,

But in Your perfect wisdom, in Your loving, sovereign way.

Before the words are on my lips, You hear the silent cry.

You know the deepest longing that my heart cannot describe.

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

You answer prayer—not always as I ask,

But always with a purpose that will outlast

My limited vision, my anxious demand.

Your “no” is as loving as Your open hand.

Your “wait” is not denial; it is preparation,

A deeper work of grace, 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—visible and invisible,

Through open doors and closed ones, through the risible

And the serious. You answer in the sunrise, in the rain,

In the whisper of a friend, in the easing of pain.

Not because my prayers are eloquent or long,

But because Your faithfulness is my song.

You have promised to hear when I call Your name,

To respond with mercy, to burn away shame.

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)

So I keep praying—not to twist Your arm,

But to rest in the shelter of Your calm.

For the God who answers prayer is not far away.

He is with me now, and He hears what I say.

Answering God, I bring my plea—

Not demanding, but trusting, letting it be.

Your answer is coming; I wait and I sing:

You are the Lord who answers everything.

Amen.