Psalm 66 provides a great illustration on how God answers prayer, and how we are to praise and thank Him especially during those times. It also mentions how we are "tried like silver" while waiting for His answer and/or deliverance, and that there is hope in the end (He brought us "out into a wealthier place").
In this chapter, the writer was remembering God's rescue of the Israelites by parting the Red Sea during the Exodus. God saved the Israelites then, and He continues to save His people today.
Psalm 66:18-20 states:
"If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me: but verily God hath heard me; He hath attended to the voice of my prayer. Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor His mercy from me."
Do you have any "iniquity" in your heart that is hindering God's answer to your prayer? Are you harboring any bitterness, hatred, jealousy, or anger in your heart? Have a conversation with God today to clear that out. And, when you feel like giving up, don't! A wise man once said, "You wouldn't want to find yourself giving up on the day before God blessed." God gives hope. He is our Hope.
As Job said when he was going through a lot of trials, "But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold." Job 23:10
