That weekend we had fasted and prayed seriously for my aunt.She was sick and had been admitted at the hospital so we had committed ourselves to prayer and fasting.I remember few days before her death we even went to the prayer mountain where we spent the whole night praying for her recovery.I was really positive that she would get better after all the prayers.All my hopes were raised.It did not take a week before we received news of her death.
You can imagine the disappointment!
That was the time when I began to wonder if God ever existed.If He really had mercy.At that time my question was, “Where was He when my aunty was left to die after we had prayed and trusted upon Him for her recovery?”I was discouraged.
Have you ever fasted and prayed for a situation to changed but instead you get negative results?
Have you prayed for a sick person and then that person dies in the end?
Have you prayed for a job promotion only to get fired afterwards?
Well many at times we pray.We even fast and do all we can in anticipation of positive results only to be disappointed in the end.
I was young when my aunt passed on.I was just 12 and that incident really moved me.But as I grew up, I began to realize why God sometimes allows bad things to happen even after we have prayed for them not to happen.
Remember what happened to Moses and the Israelites?
God had spoken to Moses, promised him Cannan and all the good things to come.All Moses had to do was to talk Pharaoh into agreeing to let God’s people Go.Moses had high hopes and thought the whole process was gonna be easy but then what happened?
Pharoah’s heart was hardened and he decided to make the lives of the Israelites hard.This one thing he did, He withdrew their straw and made them fulfill their daily tasks as when there was straw!
(Exodus 5:6-13)
Life became so unbearable for the children of Israel.They were greatly disappointed in Moses and Moses was disappointed in God.But little did they know that their victory was near.All they had to do was trust their God even when it was hard.
There is a common saying which goes by; “It’s always darkest just before dawn” , and that is true!
Things always seem to get worse just before they improve.
As a child of God always remember that the harder things become, the nearer you are to your victory.All you have to do is to hold on and hold out.When the going gets tough, the tough should get going.Never be shaken!
Psalms 125:1
“They that trust in the Lord shall be as mount Zion which cannot be removed, but abideth forever.”
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