Is God Inconsiderate To Our Prayers? Devotion for Tuesday May 12, 2020

MY DAILY COVENANT WITH GOD DEVOTIONAL

Devotion for Tuesday May 12, 2020

Topic: Is God Inconsiderate To Our Prayers?                                   

Text: Isaiah 59:1 – 8

Sometimes, when our prayers are not answered at the time we anticipated we usually conclude that God is inconsiderate. Most times, the reason our prayers are not answered is sin or perhaps not the right time God has appointed.

Here the prophet Isaiah highlighted it consequences especially in our relationship with God. It separates us from God and makes His ears to be heavy towards our prayers. Its consequences are exceedingly hurtful, separating us from God, and all good God has in plan for us. The prophet went further to enumerate the consequences of sin in Isaiah 59:9ff.

We usually accuse God of being inconsiderate to our needs and prayers even when we are living in sin. God cannot change His standard because of you. He hates sins and it can turn His ears away from our prayers. How can God answer you when you are living in bitterness, hypocrisy, adultery, fornication, masturbation and all manner of immorality? How can He answer when you are hoarding anger and grudges? It cannot work!

It is not only when we have killed or committed adultery/fornication that we have sinned. Little foxes like bitterness, anger, hatred, malice, lies will ever continue to make God inconsiderate to our needs until we repent of them. Kill those foxes now before it will be too late.

Food for Thought: God is never inconsiderate to us. We are the ones who sent Him away by accommodating sins in our lives.

Memory verse: Isaiah 59:2

Prayer: God, grant me the grace not to accommodate sin in my life but to passionately hate it so that your ears will not be heavy towards my prayers.