Like the Shunammite woman who received her child and was living happily, I can just imagine the joy that radiated from her household at the arrival of her son.
There are times when we receive answers to our prayers, but then we encounter challenges. Does that mean the Lord hasn't answered? A day came when the enemy thought the woman had rejoiced enough, and he decided to steal her joy. But he forgot that what the Lord gives, He gives forever.
God’s Word speaks in Matthew 13:25:
"But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds (tares) among the wheat and went away."
The devil came to challenge the miracle God had given to the woman, but the Lord showed up and delivered her son.
2 Kings 4:18-20
18 The child grew, and one day he went out to his father, who was with the reapers.
19 He said to his father, "My head! My head!"
His father told a servant, "Carry him to his mother."
20 After the servant had lifted him up and carried him to his mother, the boy sat on her lap until noon, and then he died.
There are times when we’ve prayed, and the Lord has answered our prayers, but we still face challenges that make us question whether it was truly a miracle after all. We may wonder why the Lord answered our prayers only to allow difficulties to arise. But this is not the plan of the Lord. His Word says, "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future." (Jeremiah 29:11)
It is just like the enemy to want to corrupt the testimonies of God's children. That’s why, when you receive the answers to your prayers, you must not relent. If you do, you give room for the enemy to operate. We are not ignorant of the devil’s devices, and it is in these very ploys that the Lord will show Himself mighty.
Friends, the challenges that have come to question your testimony are not from the Lord, but they can be dealt with by the Lord. God doesn’t give gifts that cause pain. Every good and perfect gift comes from Him (James 1:17).
Are you going through a phase where your health is being questioned, your career seems to be dimming, your family is in turmoil, or your children are behaving in ways that concern you? The Lord is calling you back to your prayer altar to set things right.
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