Obstacles To Answered Prayer (6) - All The Word for Today Daily Devotionals for 2026

‘Wait for it; it will certainly come.' Habakkuk 2:3 NIV

Before leaving our study on obstacles to answered prayer, let's be clear about one thing: some of our unanswered prayers have been answered. The answer is ‘wait'. But because we don't like the answer, we keep hoping God will have a change of heart. The truth is God won't change His mind to accommodate us. So we have two options:

(1) Keep complaining to Him.

(2) Start cooperating with Him.

When the prophet Habakkuk needed an answer to his prayers in order to give direction to Israel, what did God tell him? Wait! ‘Write down the revelation and make it plain on tablets so that a herald may run with it Though it linger, wait for it; Instead of delivering Paul from his problem, God used it to develop him. Without his thorn in the flesh to counterbalance his great talent and potential pride, Paul wouldn't have been nearly so effective in the service of God. Think about it!

SoulFood: 1 Sam 17:4-51, Eph 6:10-18