Unless you have an encounter with an angel, receive a rhema from God or are touched by the Holy Spirit, it’s hard to understand the mind of God. Anyone who has lifted up prayers to God knows how frustrating it can be to pray about the same thing for weeks, months or years without receiving an answer or seeing any progress. Yet, at the end of Exodus 2, Moses provides a window into God’s perspective and response when prayers are lifted up to heaven.
However, after a long time [nearly forty years] the king of Egypt died; and the Israelites were sighing and groaning because of the bondage. They kept crying, and their cry because of slavery ascended to God. 24 And God heard their sighing and groaning and [earnestly] remembered His covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob, Exodus 2:23-24.
During an interesting exchange at the end of Exodus chapter 2, God reveals to Moses his intentions based upon prayers that have been lifted up by Israelites. Since God is omnipresent, the Lord heard and seen all the harsh treatment that His chosen people were experiencing in Egypt. Yet, just as the film Bruce Almighty tried to illustrate, if God granted every prayer request such as winning the lottery, answers to prayer wouldn’t be as powerful or special.
God saw the Israelites and took knowledge of them and concerned Himself about them [knowing all, understanding, remembering all], Exodus 2:25.
The key take away into this window of prayers lifted up to heaven is that God knows and understands your current situation. Some days are like a blessing, but most of our days on earth God puts us into situations where you are forced to mature. The Bible refers to these events as trials, 1 Peter 1:6-7, to test and refine your faith. When God doesn’t answer any prayers for an extended period of time, Isaiah 1:15-18 provides further insight into this window into heaven.
by Jay Mankus
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