Yes, No, And Wait!
“Sometimes, I get it so fixed in my mind how I want it to work out, that I don’t think it’s an answer to prayer until it’s worked out that way. Occasionally, I’ve realized that God already answered me, but because he didn’t do it the way I asked him to do it, I didn’t think he answered at all. One of the things I’ve had to learn in walking out an intimate prayer life is to recognize God’s answers, whether, “Yes,” “No,” or “Wait!”
There are times in my life I’ve had to go to God and I’ve said, “Lord, just be merciful to me. Do something I don’t deserve. Do something beyond anything I could possibly dream of, or even ask for. Do something, Lord, I need your help.” God answers those prayers.”
John Wimber, Prayer: Intimate Communication (Anaheim: Vineyard Ministries International, 1997), 17.
