More glory than answered prayers

More glory than answered prayers

by Joel Howard

Daddy had a lot to say

A lot of worries, a lot to pray

Daddy prayed and prayed and prayed 

But things didn't always go his way

Job is my daddy and he tells this story 

Tells me God may get more glory

In a heart that leans and prays

More than one who gets his way

Job, my father, died more than once 

Died to relationships, died in health

Died to friends who were quick to say, 

"God's against you" and go their way

Many times Job questioned God,

"Why do I call and You answer me not!?"

Little did he know the glory God got

From closeness with Him while He answered him not

Sometimes God gets more glory in silence 

Than when man gets just what he wants

In wildernesses God gets famous

In dryness, as we lean in