{"id":335,"date":"2017-06-26T12:14:25","date_gmt":"2017-06-26T12:14:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/nextsteps\/?p=335"},"modified":"2017-06-26T12:14:25","modified_gmt":"2017-06-26T12:14:25","slug":"you-are-the-answer-to-your-own-prayers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/nextsteps\/2017\/06\/you-are-the-answer-to-your-own-prayers.html","title":{"rendered":"You Are the Answer to Your Own Prayers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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What is it that gets under your skin for Jesus? What do you get righteously angry about? What situation, scenario or circumstance makes you want to be like your Savior and start turning over tables in the temple? What prayer request do you bring before God again and again, saying, “God, you need to do something!”? While you’re staring at God wondering why He’s not moving and doing something about it, He’s looking at you wondering the same thing. You just might be the answer to your own prayers.<\/p>\n

In Isaiah 6 the prophet Isaiah has an encounter with Almighty God. In this supernatural exchange Isaiah admits\u00a0\u201c’Woe to me!’ I cried. ‘I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the Lord<\/span> Almighty<\/em>‘\u201d (Isaiah 6:5). Isaiah knew that there was sin among his people. When God decided to move, He looked for someone to be the answer, and Isaiah raised his hand:<\/p>\n

“Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, ‘Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?’<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

And I said, Here am I. Send me!<\/em>‘\u201d (Isaiah 6:8)<\/span><\/p>\n

Isaiah was the answer to his own prayers. When God gives you a righteous burden, a divine angst about a situation or circumstance that needs to be made right,\u00a0we stop far short if we simply feel bad about the injustice. Many Christians decide to bring the matter before God in prayer, but even that stops short of God’s plan for us. If God gives you a burden He’s giving you a direction to move. If He gives you a righteous anger He’s giving you your marching orders.<\/p>\n

Go in the power and guidance of the Spirit. Right the wrongs around you. Bind up the broken. Heal the hurting. Give solace to the brokenhearted. Provide for the needy. If you’ve been praying that God would move and do something in a certain situation for sometime now, congratulations! You are the answer to your own prayers.<\/p>\n

QUESTION: What prayer is God telling you that you’re the answer to?<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What is it that gets under your skin for Jesus? What do you get righteously angry about? What situation, scenario or circumstance makes you want to be like your Savior and start turning over tables in the temple? What prayer request do you bring before God again and again, saying, “God, you need to do…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":607,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[200,27,199,91],"class_list":["post-335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-next-steps","tag-answer","tag-god","tag-isaiah","tag-prayer"],"yoast_head":"\nYou Are the Answer to Your Own Prayers - Next Steps<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"If you've been praying that God would do something in a certain situation for sometime now, congratulations! 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