Entering the No-Time Zone

What difference does it make if I see the answer to my prayer the second I pray or sometime in the future? 

What I mean is, sometimes we are tempted to doubt and give up when we don't see the answer to our prayers immediately. We think the passage of time somehow means our prayers went unheard or our requests were rejected. That's a big problem, because if we give up, we won't see the answer to our prayers come about, even though God wants us to have those answers.

When I pray, it helps me to understand that God is eternal. He is not bound by time like we are on earth. When I pray, I am entering the realm of eternity, where God is. You could call it, entering the no-time zone.

When I pray according to His will (His word), I can know He has answered yes to my prayers. 

And this is the boldness we have in God’s presence: that if we ask God for anything that agrees with what he wants, he hears us. If we know he hears us every time we ask him, we know we have what we ask from him. (1 John 5:14-15, New Century Version)

So I tell you to believe that you have received the things you ask for in prayer, and God will give them to you. (Mark 11:24, New Century Version)

As soon as I pray, then, I can know it's a done deal. God has said yes. I can agree that it's done, even though I don't see it yet in my natural realm of existence. That's where my consistent belief that God has heard me and answered me keeps me steady so I don't give up or waver in my mind. It helps me to remember that prayer has been answered in the no-time zone, but there may be some delays in it getting to earth, where time is a fact of life.

Sooner or later, though, it must show up in my natural circumstances, if I don't give up. It can't NOT be realized, because God Almighty has said yes. He is never early and never late.. ...and you shall have them -- the answer! (Mark 11:25)