God Is Our Answer

“Jesus answered and said to them, “Go and tell John the things you have seen and heard: that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, the poor have the gospel preached to them. And blessed is he who is not offended because of me.” (Luke 7:22-23, NKJV)


God is our answer to all of our problems today. God helps those who ask for His help. God answers those who seek Him. Sometimes God answers our prayers immediately while at other times we must wait patiently for God to answer our prayers. There are many instances in the Bible of God answering prayer.

God told Gideon He would save Israel by Gideon’s hand yet Gideon had doubts so he sought confirmation from God. Gideon told God that he would put a fleece of wool on the threshing floor and if there was dew on the fleece only and dry on the ground then Gideon would know that God would save Israel by Gideon’s hand as He had said. Sure enough the next morning Gideon found it was so and he was able to wring a bowlful of water out of the fleece. Gideon still had doubts so he asked God if he could test with the fleece just once more. Gideon then asked God to let the fleece be dry and for dew to be on all the ground. God again did as Gideon asked and Gideon found that the fleece was dry and there was dew on all the ground. God provided Gideon with the confirmation Gideon asked for and God removed all of Gideon’s doubts.

God also answered Hannah’s prayer when she went to the tabernacle and prayed in anguish as she wept because she was unable to conceive. Hannah made a vow to God that if He would give her a son that she would give her son to God for all the days of his life and that no razor would come upon his head. Eli, the priest of the tabernacle told Hannah that God would grant her petition. Hannah did conceive and she gave birth to a son and she named him Samuel. When Hannah weaned Samuel, she kept her vow and she  brought Samuel to Eli and lent him to the Lord for as long as he should live.

God answered Daniel prayers and He blessed him with the ability to interpret dreams when Daniel was obliged to work in service to the king of Babylon. Daniel made known and interpreted King Nebuchadnezzar's dream about the four great world empires that were to come and about God’s kingdom that would stand forever. Daniel also foretold details of troop movements in the Middle East, the invasion of Jerusalem, and all the things that are supposed to happen right before the end.

When Jesus prayed God always heard Him and answered such as when the ten lepers were cured, the centurion’s servant was healed, Lazarus was raised from the grave, and many other times.

Just as God answered the prayers of Gideon , Hannah, Daniel, and Jesus, He will answer our prayers too if we ask for His guidance. As servants of the Lord, we pray for God to act when others cause problems for us by disregarding the laws of God. For our sake God will help others to find Him. For our sake the Lord will stretch out His hand to those who rebel against Him and who walk according to their own thoughts in ways that are not good. For our sake God will reach out to people who provoke Him to anger, to those who think they are holier than God and to those who try to keep God away.  For our sake the Lord will find those who do not seek Him. God loves His servants and He will answer our prayers. Just as Jesus answered John’s questions, He will answer our questions too if we make time during prayer to ask.