Luke 18:1–8 CSB
¹Now he told them a parable on the need for them to pray always and not give up. ²“There was a judge in a certain town who didn’t fear God or respect people. ³And a widow in that town kept coming to him, saying, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’ ⁴“For a while he was unwilling, but later he said to himself, ‘Even though I don’t fear God or respect people, ⁵yet because this widow keeps pestering me, I will give her justice, so that she doesn’t wear me out by her persistent coming.’ ” ⁶Then the Lord said, “Listen to what the unjust judge says. ⁷Will not God grant justice to his elect who cry out to him day and night? Will he delay helping them? ⁸I tell you that he will swiftly grant them justice. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?”

Why don’t we always get

• It is not God’s Will
• It is not God’s timing
• It is not God’s best

Prayer is