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We live in a culture that expects immediate results. We want everything now, we want to loose weight now, we want this or that now. We act on impulse instead of with patients.

Many times when I pray about something I want God to answer in a certain way. I expect him to be audible or to give a tangible undefinable sign. Even though this is often times what I expect, what if God gives me an answer to a question in a different way. He could be putting the answer right in front of me but, because I expect it in a different form I might not even notice.

I have been trying to really learn Gods heart. I want to know him so well that no matter what form the answer comes in I will recognise it. I do not want to fit the American mold of wanting everything a certain way and wanting it now. In Matthew 11 John asks Jesus if he is the messiah. I love the way Jesus answers "...The blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cured, the def hear, the dead are raised to life..." Jesus didn't say "yes I am the messiah" he said to look at his actions for the answer. He knew Johns heart. He knew that John knew his heart well enough to know the answer.

I pray that one day my heart will be in the condition of Johns. I want to know what the Lord is saying without even thinking about it. I don't ever want to doubt if it was the Lord speaking or if it was just my flesh. I want to hear him even if I have to just be patient and wait, I know he will answer in his perfect timing.