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Keep Asking
Children have a way of asking for the same thing more than once.
Sometimes much more than once.
“Can we stop for ice cream?”
“Did you hear me?”
“Can we stop for ice cream?”
“Maybe on the way home.”
“So…can we stop for ice cream on the way home?”
They do not always understand timing, budgets, schedules, or why the answer has not come yet. They simply know what they want, and they are convinced that continuing to ask might help.
Adults are usually a little more restrained. We may not repeat ourselves every thirty seconds, but we know what it is like to keep asking, waiting, hoping, and wondering.
We pray for someone we love, but nothing seems to change. We ask God for direction, but the way ahead remains unclear. We carry a burden for weeks, months, or even years, and eventually we begin to wonder whether God is listening.
Those are difficult places to be.
Faith is easy to talk about when prayers are answered quickly. It is much harder when the answer is delayed, unexpected, or different from what we imagined. In those moments, we may feel tempted to stop praying altogether.
But perhaps continuing to pray is not a sign that our faith is weak. Perhaps it is evidence that somewhere deep within us, we still believe God hears us.
Persistent faith is not pretending everything will turn out exactly as we want. It is not ignoring reality or closing our eyes to difficult circumstances. It is choosing to trust that God remains good, even when we do not yet understand what He is doing.
Campmeeting gatherings were born out of that kind of faith. People came together to pray, sing, listen, and seek God. They came believing that God could still change hearts, restore lives, strengthen families, and awaken the church. They did not gather because life was easy. They gathered because they believed God was faithful.
Maybe there is something you have nearly stopped praying about.
Maybe disappointment has made you cautious. Maybe you are tired of asking. Maybe you have begun to wonder whether it makes any difference.
This week, perhaps the invitation is simply to pray one more time—not because we can control the answer, but because we trust the One who hears us.
What would it look like for you to keep asking, keep trusting, and keep holding on to God’s grace?
God’s Blessings, |
