God Answers Prayer

You who answer prayer, to you all people will come. – Psalms 65:2

King David wrote Psalm 65. David was more than a king; he was a prophet¹. In verse two, King David tells us two equally important truths. He tells us that God doesn’t just hear our prayers; He answers them. And he tells us that all people “will” come. This is a prophetic declaration.

What I find fascinating about this tiny verse is that it is buried deep, near the middle of the Bible.

There are 31,102 verses in the Bible (KJV). Since the count is an even number, there is no single middle verse of the Bible. Psalm 103:1–2 are the two middle verses of the Bible, with 15,550 verses before them and 15,550 verses after them. – GotQuestions

Yet, verse two contains the foundation of God’s plan laid out across the whole Bible!

Answered Prayer

God answers prayer. He is a good Father. God’s desire is to be involved in our lives. We aren’t robotically performing a bunch of commands. Because of Jesus Christ’s sacrifice, we are alive in God, and God lives in us! When we pray, we can be confident that He will answer our prayers. We don’t know when or how, but from verse two, we have His promise that He will answer.

Our journey in Jesus begins with a “sinner’s prayer.” That first prayer, prayed with a faith given by God, never ends, for we are told to “pray continually.²”- Continually doesn’t expire.

Don’t be a “teenager believer.” Don’t stop talking to your Father. Don’t allow thoughts of discontent or disrespect to take root in your soul against your Father. Don’t be ashamed of Him when you are with your friends. He is a good, good Father, and He answers prayer.

All People Will Come

The second part of verse two is prophetic, a prophecy fulfilled in two parts. The first part was fulfilled when the Gospel was preached to the Gentiles.

Then Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly and declared, “It was necessary that we first preach the word of God to you Jews. But since you have rejected it and judged yourselves unworthy of eternal life, we will offer it to the Gentiles. – Acts 13:46

Paul taught that “The real children of Abraham, then, are those who put their faith in God³.” This made it clear that the first step in the fulfillment of King David’s prophecy was accomplished when the Good News of Jesus Christ went beyond Judaism and became available to the whole world.

The prophecy, in verse two, declares that to God, “all people will come.” The final and complete fulfillment of this can be found in Revelation 20:11-15⁴. It is here where we learn the fate of the remainder of all peoples, people who rejected God’s salvation: our Lord, Jesus Christ.

Conclusion

Who would have guessed that the promise of intimate fellowship with God, the promise of inclusion of Gentiles into the family of Abraham, and the ultimate destination for all humanity could be contained in ten (English) words, quietly residing near, but not quite at, the middle of the Bible.

Footnotes

1. Acts 2:29-30 – English Standard Version. (n.d.). Bible Gateway. Retrieved July 11, 2025, from https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts%202%3A29-30&version=ESV ↩︎
2. 1 Thessalonians 5:17 – Christian Living. (n.d.). Bible Hub. Retrieved July 11, 2025, from https://biblehub.com/1_thessalonians/5-17.htm ↩︎
3. Galatians 3:7-9 – New Living Translation. (n.d.). Bible Gateway. Retrieved July 11, 2025, from https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Galatians%203%3A7-9&version=NLT ↩︎
4. Revelation 20:11-15 – New Living Translation. (n.d.). Bible Gateway. Retrieved July 11, 2025, from https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%2020%3A11-15&version=NLT ↩︎