I generally get up between 12:30 and 12:45 a.m. This can be difficult on church nights especially during revival. During a recent revival I got up as usual but was extremely tired. After having devotions I headed out the door to go to work. As I went out the door I prayed that God would grant me a quick, easy day so I could get home early and get plenty of rest before church that night.
By the time I arrived at work my back was hurting so bad I was nearly in tears. I begin to do a pre-trip inspection on the truck I was to drive and found issues that made it unsafe to drive so I had to move my things to another unit. When I arrived to pick up my load it was not ready yet making me run late. Throughout the day things continued to slow me down.
Usually when someone tells about an experience like this it is followed by something like, “I got down the road and there was a bad accident that I might have been involved in had I not been delayed.” This was not the case with me. Others simply think that God did not answer their prayer.
The truth is God did answer my prayer, He said, “NO!” We are quick to give the Lord praise when He answers prayer the way we want but should we not also praise Him when He denies our request. His thoughts are higher than ours. We may never understand why Hey chooses to deny our request but we can trust Him that He knows what is best.
Often we say, “When God closes a door, look for a window.” The truth is when God closes a door we must accept that He knows what is best and wait for Him to open another.
I think God that sometimes He tells me no; whether or not I ever understand why.