Faith Minute® is a one minute program heard on dozens of stations across the country. Each weekday your host, Leith Anderson, shares an inspiring and practical message of hope, encouragement and challenge showing why 'living by faith' can be the most stretching, fulfilling and rewarding experience you will ever have.
October 12, 2011
I remember times when our children would ask for a bike or toy or to go to the amusement park and we’d say, “No, we can’t do that.” When they continued to ask, I’d use the ultimate weapon of all parents, “Look, I’m the father and the answer is no!”
Perhaps the reason that we didn’t want to explain our “no” to them was that the bike was going to be a present or we were planning a trip to the amusement park as a surprise. Sometimes parents say “no” for very good reasons that just can’t be explained.
It’s not so different when God says “no” to our requests. Sometimes he reveals the reason and sometimes he doesn’t, and that’s his choice to make. If we can trust him for the big things like heaven and hell, surely we should trust his ability to decide how to best answer our prayers – because he’s the Father!
