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I was desperately praying for someone I love. Praying God would be merciful with them. Praying this would be the final stop in the valley of the shadow of death and they would repent, turn from their sin, and run to God.
After days and weeks of fervent prayer and fasting, on one of my runs, I heard the Lord speak to my heart...
"Would you annul my judgement?"
Sheepishly I hung my head low as the tears of sweat seeped into my eyes. The tears, like the Lord's words, burned. I wiped the sweat away from my eyes and bit my lower lip.
Then I heard...
"Am I not their eternal father?"
My stomach sank as the Lord continued...
"Would you interrupt an earthly father disciplining his child?"
I looked away as if I could avert his gaze, but Lord pressed...
"Would you question his ways?"
I just shook my head and murmured, "No."
My shoulders drooped as the Lord spoke...
"Then why are you questioning my ways, asking me to truncate the process, and lift the consequences? These are the very things I am using to bring them closer to me."
My only recompense was silence.
"I've got this. I am big enough to work all things out for good, including this situation. I am that BIG of a God."
"Trust me."
Smiling, I walked the rest of the way home, my gaze lifted, and prayers were now, "Your will be done, my God, your will be done."
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