Last Ministry of the Master—Detour for Lazarus (Part 7)

When a prayer is apparently unanswered, the delay often betokens a better answer, although one which is for some good reason greatly delayed.  No sincere prayer is denied an answer except when the superior viewpoint of the spiritual world has devised a better answer, an answer which meets the petition of the spirit of man as contrasted with the prayer of the mere mind of man.

[NOTE: Archive page of symmetryofsoul.org includes referenced 'Sections' previously studied in The Urantia Book. Broadcast begins each Tuesday at 9:00 PM Eastern Time (02:00 GMT). Check worldtimezone.com for local time.]  The reading starts in Paper 168, Paragraph 4.