Spiritual forces cannot work while we are trusting earthly forces. Often we fail to give God an opportunity to work, not realizing that it takes time for him to answer prayer. It takes time for God to color a rose or grow a great oak tree.
I once believed that after I prayed it was my responsibility to do everything in my power to bring about the answer. Even when my answer is in agreement with His answer, what does He need of my help? God has taught me a better way, showing me that self-effort always hinders His work.
He also revealed that when I prayed with confident trust in Him for something, He simply wants me to wait in an attitude of praise and do only what He told me. In the same way that it is difficult to rescue a drowning person who is thrashing around, it is difficult for the Lord to fight our battles for us if we insist on fighting them ourselves. Our interference hinders His work.
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