received a Model-T Ford instead. “It would be a strange son who would accuse his father of breaking his promise just because there was no horse … It is obvious that … the father has more than kept his promise. In fact he has done so in a way that surpasses the original words of the promise.”7 That’s how God answers our prayers. Whenever God’s answer defies our expectation, it also surpasses our expectation. Yet, how do we respond? Look again at the people that had asked God, “Return to Zion in mercy”:
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