Last Sunday afternoon, we finished off our prayer day by hearing from Habakkuk 2:1-4 together. We especially saw that to deal with the agony of unanswered prayer, we need to learn how to wait. Although we like to get everything we want right away in our modern world, often prayer requires us to wait in faith for God to act, because God’s timing is different from ours. Habakkuk’s prayers were not answered until 15 years and 60 years after he prayed. Habakkuk may have actually died before he saw the full answer to his prayers. This encourages us to continue praying and trusting in God’s perfect plan and timing, because God may choose to work in 15 or 60 years later, or even long after we are dead. Even when we do not see the full answer to our prayers right now, our prayers ultimately make us wait for the return of Jesus Christ, when all will be made right and the agony of unanswered prayer will be over forever. This week, take some time to ask God for a patient, trusting heart to wait for God’s perfect timing, to persevere in your prayers, and to wait for the return of Jesus Christ.