"This One Thing"

I don't think there is a perfect 'formula' for getting our prayers answered..
because in the end,...
it is His Grace that answers prayers...
and even when He is quiet, 
it doesn't mean He is not moving...

He is always there and responsive.

We are often afraid,...He isn't answering.
Far too often we look..
to everything and everyone else to tell us what we want to hear.

We have drifted far from Him.

Some, see Him as this distant 'God' who couldn't possibly care for us anyway, even if, He were there. .
But, you know....it's just not true.....
He cares more for you than you may understand.

 
The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying: "I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness. 
Jeremiah 31:3

The more we seek Him, the easier it is to see..that...
'He is there, and not silent' 
In fact, He takes great delight in our seeking.

The scriptures still ring true; 

'when we honestly seek Him..He will be found'... 
Jeremiah 29:11-13 in part

If we simply are honest with Him 
and look for Him in the quietness..
then just maybe, 
we will be still enough to hear Him when He speaks.

He always answers....
and yet, like every 'good' Father,...sometimes he says 'no'...
but He is perfect, and it is always for our good and His Glory...
even if he says 'wait'...

'unanswered' prayer?..not at all, 
for He is very much, Who He says He is.

Somehow, I think that just by being 'still' in His Presence, 
We can learn to love and trust Him,
while learning to breathe again.

When we begin our search for Him, 
We come to understand this one thing,....
That, His....is a response of discipline and sacrifice. 

We begin to understand that,...

He Is....the treasure worth finding.

Prayer was never meant to be offered only to find an answer. Indeed prayer, is a deliberate search into the very heart of the One who answers.

He is constantly working things together for our good...when we love Him and are called according to His purpose. Romans 8:28

Even, if it takes a lifetime...
we will begin to desire that which He desires, 
and ultimately realize that He is our God, 
when we recognize and accept that His unfailing Love is as deep as the fathomless oceans. 

He desires sweet fellowship with you, a relationship that was made possible through Jesus the Christ.

Rest easy my friends...in the words of theologian Francis Schaeffer..

                      "He is there, and He is not silent'. 

Application: 
Spend time talking to your Father, He hasn't lost sight of you, not even for a moment. 
Be honest with Him, for at the heart of who He is, resides truth. 
If you offer Him anything less, He will know anyway. 
So cut to chase, and have a heart to heart with the One who loves you, in spite of it all.


Remember: 
He Is....the treasure worth finding.
Prayer was never meant to be offered only to find an answer. Indeed prayer, is a deliberate search into the very heart of the One who answers. 

(adapted and from my original post)