And let us not grow weary while doing good,
for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart.
(Galatians 6:9)
God has His own timing, called "due season." In this day and age, we're always in a hurry, but God never is. However there's a major benefit in asking God to hurry, even while we wait. Asking God to hurry keeps our prayers honest.
It may seem like it takes greater faith to say, "God, take your time," but the psalmists often asked God to hurry:
But I am poor and needy; Make haste to me, O God!
You are my help and my deliverer; O Lord, do not delay.
(Psalm 70:5)
Be pleased, O Lᴏʀᴅ, to deliver me! O Lᴏʀᴅ, make haste to help me!
(Psalm 40:13)
O Lᴏʀᴅ, I call upon you; hasten to me! Give ear to my voice when I call to you!
(Psalm 141:1)
God wants our prayers to be fervent. Fervent means passionate, heartfelt, and honest. He doesn't want us to pretend to not be in a hurry when we are. Asking God to hurry means that we understand who is in control of all timing. He is. It gets our minds straight so we expect God to answer, know He's going to answer, and ask Him to please not delay.
If we're honest in our prayers, we'll feel the longing in our hearts and we'll be stirred to pray even more persistently. When we believe God will answer quickly if we ask Him to, He will honor it.
I say to you, though he will not rise and give to him because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence he will rise and give him as many as he needs.
(Luke 11:8)
Asking God to hurry makes our prayers persistent, expectant, fervent, and honest. This is exactly the kind of prayer God tells us He wants from us. If you've been waiting a long time for something, maybe it's time to start asking God to hurry?
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