As many of you know, I make my regular seat at church up front. I am too distracted during the preaching if I’m sitting where there are lots of people in front of me. I sit up front to minimize the curious thoughts – “Oh, so-and-so isn’t in there normal seat, I wonder if they’re sick? Their little girl is so cute – look at that little dress she’s wearing.” You get the picture.
However, sitting up front allows me to hear and see things that are going on that others in the back might not be alerted to. Sunday during prayer for the offering, I heard a scurrying about and, well, okay – I peeked! The scurrying was coming from all those in the orchestra going to their seats so that they would be out of the way when the trumpet duo played for the offertory. People were putting instruments in cases, grabbing music stands, and coming back to put away their orchestra chair. This all took place while the prayer was being spoken for the offering that was to be taken in a moment. Everyone who hadn’t heard the movement (or who had heard it and had more discipline than I!) must have assumed that the only thing going on at that moment was a prayer being offered up. They were mistaken!
As I sat during the beautiful trumpet duo and pondered what I had just seen, I thought about how true that is any time we pray. We offer a prayer to the Lord on the behalf of others – for their needs, for their salvation, for their healing, and because of that prayer things are happening! What if we could see what God was doing as result of our prayer? We’d see Him directing a believer to give a gift to supply a need, or share the Gospel on their break at work, a doctor giving a surprised report to their cancer patient…all kinds of things are going on!
I realize we can’t see the activity during prayer like I did on Sunday, but we must pray in faith, knowing that God is indeed at work to answer our requests! We need to just “open our eyes” and see that He is doing what He promised He would do. Whatever you’re on your knees asking God to do right now, have faith that the almighty God of heaven is at work on your behalf!
Under His feathers,
RefreshHer 
Yes Denise, God is working around us all the time. And when we see that our prayers are answered, we should not stop praying, we should then give thanks for his marvelous works. If we only pray when we need something, we will be missing out on so much in our lives.
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Thank you Denise for this. I needed it. Sometime I feel like that God doesn't hear me, but I know better. My problem is I want Him to do something right now, but I know his timing is perfect. I know one day the Lord is going to take my heavy burdens off of my shoulder. “What Day That Will Be”!!!! God is so good!!!!!!
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