Have you ever waited a long time for a prayer to be answered, only to think that God will never hear you? Sometimes God requires us to wait on Him patiently, but this does not mean that He has ignored you or refused you. It simply means that He is working to strengthen your faith and love for Him. He wants us to seek Him for Himself in love, not just treat Him like a genie in a bottle who appears to give us whatever we wish.
We can rest assured that God does what He has promised. He does not lie, nor does He fail (Num.23:19; Titus 1:2; Heb. 6:18). We will find our prayer lives much more fulfilling if we seek to align ourselves with God’s will rather than try to talk Him into lining up with our will. God works in His own time, but when the answer comes, we realize that He goes beyond our wildest imagination and exceeds our expectations (cf. Eph 3:20) (Expositor and Illuminator Union Gospel Press, Winter Quarter 2021).