Interview_Agu_Social_03

I think a number of things struck me. I think the fact he'd heard this sound of rain, so he had some sort of promise from God that he was holding on to. But when he starts praying, the servant goes to look for the sign that the prayer has been answered, which would be the cloud. And the servant comes back six times to say, there is nothing. And that must have been very demoralising for the prophet who was believing in God. And we go through that in life when we're praying and we're holding on and the circumstances are saying very loudly 'There is nothing, this is a waste of time.' But I guess the moral in the story is that he just held on and just continued praying. And the seventh time the servant comes back and this time he doesn't come back with the same 'There is nothing,' he comes back to say, 'Something is happening.' On the horizon, which means it is still a distance away, but something is happening, there's a cloud the size of a man's fist that is rising on the horizon. So I think that speaks to us as we pray especially with Thy Kingdom Come that we just hold on, we just keep praying, we just believe at some point God will respond; and answer our prayers.