The angel Gabriel visited him and said, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah your prayer has been heard” (Luke 1:13 NIV). The Bible tells the story of Zechariah, who was very old and whose wife, Elizabeth, could not have children. But if God ever sent an angel to meet me face-to-face and say, “Rick, I’m here to tell you that God has answered your prayer,” I think I’d be convinced. Sometimes I have a hard time believing God’s going to answer my prayers. That means according to his schedule, his timetable - whenever God thinks is best. But we’ve got to change our attitude if we want to receive an answer from God!įirst, we must be willing to let God answer in his own time. We do a lot of praying, but we don’t expect an answer. I think that little girl unintentionally summarized the prayer lives of most Christians. So when the letter arrived, the missionary got a kick out of reading, “Dear Mr. Evidently, she’d been told not to request a response to her letter because the missionaries were very busy. I heard a story once about a young girl who wrote a letter to a missionary, trying to encourage him and lend her support.
