Why God's Answers Can Take So Long

Epaphras Prays Podcast · Apr 7, 2025 · 6m

Delays in answering prayers can occur due to God's desire to show His power, to increase the petitioner's fervor, or to reveal something that needs to be addressed in the petitioner. We are to wait patiently and continue praying earnestly, with hopeful expectation that God's response will come in due time.

Therefore will the Lord wait that He may be gracious unto you. — Isaiah 30:18

We don’t like to wait long, do we? I know I’ve had to learn the hard way to wait! We wait for stoplights, cashiers, buffering, birthdays, and so many other things.

Including answered prayer.

God often delays in…