Think about the last time you ordered fast food. Then, think back to the last time you went to a nicer, sit-down restaurant for an occasion that was a little more special.
Whenever we make our way to our chosen restaurant, we usually have already decided how long we’ll have to wait for our food to be prepped. It almost seems unnatural to order a steak, two sides, and a salad and then expect the order to arrive fully prepared and sitting on the table within five minutes. However, the five-minute mindset doesn’t seem so outlandish whenever we’re in line waiting for our chicken nuggets on the go.
Sometimes, when we pray, we get immediate “chicken-nugget” results, but other times, God has something greater that He’s preparing. Both chicken nugget and steak requests have their own place and are valued by God.
God wants to hear our steak prayer requests just as much as He wants to hear the chicken nugget ones. Paul reminds us that it can be easy to pray those mountain-moving prayers. Typically, we have no problem putting in our steak orders to God. He can do the unthinkable and answer our request—sometimes within the moment that prayer was brought before His throne.
However, after putting in our steak order and telling God how we would like it all done, it would be unreasonable to expect chicken nugget results. God’s answers are never rare but are always well done, and only His timing will satisfy our needs.
Don't expect chicken-nugget answers when God has a steak answer in the waiting.
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