The One Result You Should Expect Every Time You Pray

My wife recently went back to school, and she is just about finished. She has now begun looking for work. If you have ever attempted to find a job in the 21^st Century, this is more frustrating than you could ever imagine. Bots control the entire process and there is no human touch until way down the line. During her search, we have prayed asking for an open door, which hasn’t happened yet. This has led to frustration and discouragement fighting to make their way into her heart. The remedy for this situation is God’s peace. Because we don’t know when the opportunity will come, we need encouragement until it does. God’s peace is the source of that encouragement.

God’s peace will allow you to patiently endure as you wait on him. It will keep you from making rash decisions that, in the long run, will be more damaging. For this reason, the one result you should expect and seek every time you pray is God’s peace.

One more thing to notice in these verses is peace comes before the answer and regardless of the answer. God’s peace is not determined by the manner or timeframe God answers. God’s peace comes without you ever knowing what God is going to do. That’s why peace is such a powerful weapon to guard your heart and mind.

We love to talk about breakthrough, yet it could be the breakthrough you need is God’s peace. With that, I want to give you a new slogan to remember. 

Pray Until The Peace Comes 

Try as you may, you cannot control when or how God is going to answer your prayer because we are not privy to that information unless God reveals it to us. However, God has promised to give us peace, and you should expect it every time you pray. If you have finished praying and you still don’t have peace, then you need to pray some more. Pray until the peace comes. If you don’t, then you will leave prayer no better off than when you started, and that is not God’s desire. He wants your heart and mind filled with peace so your faith won’t waiver. 

If peace is a champion for our hearts look what anxiety does.

God does not want you weighed down by the anxieties of life. He wants you to be free and the path to this freedom is his peace. The next time you pray, follow everything he instructs you to do in Philippians. As you do, make sure you pray until the peace comes. Let it be that even if you don’t walk away with answers, you walk away with peace. Sometimes that is the only answer you need.

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Clarence L. Haynes Jr. is a speaker, Bible teacher, and co-founder of The Bible Study Club.  He is the author of The Pursuit of Purpose which will help you understand how God leads you into his will. His most recent book is The Pursuit of Victory: How To Conquer Your Greatest Challenges and Win In Your Christian Life. This book will teach you how to put the pieces together so you can live a victorious Christian life and finally become the man or woman of God that you truly desire to be. Clarence is also committed to helping 10,000 people learn how to study the Bible and has just released his first Bible study course called Bible Study Basics. To learn more about his ministry please visit clarencehaynes.com.