“Each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around, even under his wings. Day and night they never stop saying: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come.” Revelation 4:8

Prayer is essential to our spiritual growth. There was a time when I began bedtime with prayer but I rarely got past thanking God for my family before I fell asleep. I figured that was okay since God knew my prayers anyway because He’s omniscient (all knowing).

Then I realized that if I wanted to make a bigger impact for God I needed to keep my eyes open or closed but above all alert. I changed times, moving my prayer time to an earlier part of the day but still my mind wandered. I figured that was okay since God knew my prayers anyway, what with Him being omnipresent (always there).

Finally I began to rise early and pray for five minutes. I wrote my prayers down. Soon I began to look forward to my one-on-one time with Christ on. My prayers grew longer, became more intense and more focused. I sensed God creeping into my heart.

I can’t say God answers “yes” to my prayers today anymore more He did in the past. But I do know He hears. He has promised us that. He’s also said that He’s omnipotent (all powerful) and all loving which means that sometimes His answer is no answer at all. It’s “a figure it out for yourself, Cin” silence that causes me to rely on Him more for the hard tasks that come with each day.

Do you really pray? Do you continue to seek after the Master even when His answer is silence? Keep asking, keep seeking, keep knocking.

God is omnipresent, omnipotent and omniscient. Trust in His love. Submit to His authority. Yearn for His wisdom.

He is, your God. There is no one above Him.

Cindy Sproles, along with Eddie Jones is the co-founder of ChristianDevotions.us. Together they host Christian Devotions Speak Up on BlogTalk Radio.com and author the popular He Said, She Said Devotions.