The word for today is- Delay!

Good morning,
The word for today is- Delay!

Why is your prayers delay? Is it because he sees we are not yet fit or ready? It may be he has things to put in place in us or in our church or in the world. Let's look at Ephesians 4: 1-13,(Unity in the Body of Christ) I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; One Lord, one faith, one baptism, One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all. But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ. Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth. He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.) And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ.  We are taught by these laws, that we must be very careful to do no wrong, either directly or indirectly.This is a delay in your prayer life.  If we have done wrong, we must be very willing to make it right. Read Luke 4:18,The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised. God does not usually give special blessings to those who seek them half heartedly. God requires forgiveness, else He will not forgive us. If we are unwilling or unable to forgive, then there is no use asking God for anything.  We have no merits for any blessing from God. As Paul writes in Ephesians 2:8-9, these things are given by grace, not because of anything we are or have done. For all have sinned and deserve death (Romans 3:23).The first and fundamental principle of answered prayer is faithfulness in prayer itself. Also,Praying in the will of God this means that the prayer must be in harmony with what God has revealed to be His plan in you (according to the will of God).Sometimes God does not say, "No," but "Wait." There is a proper timing for answered prayer. Sometimes God needs to wait until we are ready for the answer, or perhaps others need to be made ready. Sometimes a delay is necessary to fit into God's overall plan. Daniel learned that lesson, read the book of Daniel.Thank you God for your word. Amen !