Pure Positive Guidance ~ No.137. (Mobile Version).

~ Believe God's Answers to Prayers ~

Many people say they Pray but God doesn't Answer their Prayers.

The Truth is, God Does Answer Prayers, but many people 'Question' God's Answers, instead of Simply Believing.

The Bible says in the beginning of Luke that Zacharias was in the Temple of the Lord when an Angel of the Lord appeared to him and said,
“Do not be afraid Zacharias, your Prayer is Heard,
and your Wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall call 
his name John. And you will have Joy and Gladness.”

The Angel continued to explain that John will be Great in the sight of the Lord, and will be Filled with the Holy Spirit.
And that he will turn many people to the Lord God, and will make people Ready and Prepared for the Lord.

~ That sounds to me like 'God's Answer to Prayers' ~

But Zacharias said to the Angel,
“How shall I know this” ? 

He 'Questioned' what the Angel had told him.

I've read this part of the Bible many times, but when I was reading it over the Christmas time, something Really Stood Out to me.

Zacharias asked, “How shall I know this” ? 

~ An Angel of the Lord had just told him, that's 'How' he knows ~

The Angel clearly recognised he did not Believe him because he then said, 
“I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God, 
and was sent to speak to you and bring you these Glad Tidings. 
But behold, you will not able to speak until the day these things take place, 
because you Did Not Believe My Words”.

That's the same as what many people do.

God Answers their Prayers, but they 'Question' God's Answer.

God will Answer Prayers in Many 'Different Ways'. 
It might not be an Angel of the Lord in the Temple of the Lord that Answers 'Your Prayer', but However God Answers, Simply Believe Him.

Don't 'Question' God's Answers.

There's a Big Difference between 'Asking God a Question', and 'Questioning' 
an Answer that God has given You.

To 'Ask God a Question' means You are Willing to 'Listen' to the Answer and Believe Him.

To 'Question' His Answer means You are 'Doubting' what God has told You.

And You should 'Never' Doubt God.

'Doubt the devil, but Don't Doubt God'. 

Zacharias gave his 'Reasons' for his Doubts, 
'he was an old man, and his Wife was well advanced in years'. 

But just because he had his 'Reasons', that doesn't mean that he should 'Doubt' what the Angel told him.

Yes they were both old, and he would have also known that she was barren, but as the Bible says later in (Luke 1:37),
“With God, Nothing will be impossible”. 

When God 'Answers Your Prayers', You can be Certain that Whatever He tells You, it's 'True'. 

But here's the Key Words that most people miss ~ 'With God'. 

 The Bible says 'With God' Nothing will be impossible.

It Doesn't say, 'With people'. 

It Only works when it's 'With God'. 

The Bible Doesn't say 'With God and 'With people'. 

It Only says 'With God'. 

Many people, even 'True Believers' are Not receiving 'God's Answers to Prayers, because they are trying to Live their Lives 'the worlds way', as well as 
'God's Way', and those two Ways Don't Mix.

When You get 'the worlds way' Out of Your Life 'Completely', then You will be able to Receive 'God's Answers to Prayers' with a Clearer Understanding, because there will be No Distractions.

When the Bible says, 'With God Nothing will be impossible', it doesn't mean that God will 'Do' Everything for You.

It means 'You' Doing 'Your Part' With God.

You and God Together, that's where the Power is.

There are Many people who have Achieved Truly Amazing things because they have Done it 'With God'. 

God Created 'You' to Be an Achiever.

Be Who God Created You To Be.

No matter who You are, or where You are from, You can Achieve Great things when You Do it 'With God'. 

Who You Believe, determines What You will Achieve'.    

If You Believe 'the world', there'll be Big Limitations to what You can Achieve.

But when You 'Only' Believe God, then Nothing will be impossible.

So whatever Answers God Gives You, Simply Believe Him.
Don't 'Question' God's Answers.

Zacharias 'Questioned' what the Angel of the Lord told him, and he faced the consequences, he couldn't speak until John was born.

If You 'Doubt' God's Answers, You will have to face consequences in one way or another.

It's Pointless Doubting what God tells You, because “It's impossible for God to lie”, (Hebrews 6:18). So whatever Answers God Gives You, they are 'True'. 

You don't need all the Technicalities, You Simply need to 'Believe'.

The Bible describes Zacharias & Elizabeth as “Both Righteous before God, walking in All the commandments and ordinances of the Lord”, it even says they were “Blameless”. 
Yet Zacharias still 'Questioned' what the Angel told him. 

I don't believe this is wrote in the Bible to make Zacharias seem bad,
because he Clearly was Not bad in any way.

I believe it's wrote as a 'Loving Warning' from God to 'Everybody',
that no matter how Righteous You are,
no matter how high up in the Church You are,
no matter what Great things You have Achieved for God,
and even if You Follow All of God's commandments and are Blameless,

You should Never 'Question' what God tells You.

Simply Believe God, because He's God.