Mea e 'ai e tatau ma le aso
"I waited patiently for the Lord; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry." (Psalm 40:1)
When our prayers seems like they are not being answered, we must still cling to the promise; for the promise is true, and the time of answering will surely come, and we shall receive the blessing we need most. ... God is too wise to err, and too good to withhold any good thing from them that walk uprightly.
The answer to our prayers may not come as quickly as we desire, and it may not be just what we asked for; but He who knows what is good for His children, and will bestow a much greater good than what we asked, if we do not become faithless and discouraged with greed. "God fills our need, not our greed."
God does not always answer our prayers the first time we call upon Him; for should He do this, we might take it for granted that we had a right to all the blessings and favors He bestowed upon us. The Father hears every prayer of His faithful children.
The voice of supplication from the earth unites with the divine voice of Christ, our Intercessor, who pleads in heaven on our behalf, whose voice the Father always hears. Let our prayers therefore continually ascend to God. For our supplications are not done in vain.
But even before the prayer is uttered or the yearning of the heart is made known, the merciful grace from Christ goes forth to meet the grace that is working upon the human soul. He already knows your prayers before you even start your supplications. "For the eyes of the Lord (are) over the righteous, and his ears (are open) unto their prayers..." (1Peter 3:12) "I waited patiently for the Lord; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry."
Ia manuia,
failauga p. anoa'i
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