Waiting and Fighting

Listen and hear my voice;
pay attention, and hear what I say: 
Does a farmer sowing keep plowing forever?
Does he never stop breaking up and harrowing his land? 
No — when he finishes levelling it,
he scatters his dill-seed, sows his cumin,
puts wheat in rows, barley where it belongs,
and plants buckwheat around the edges; 
because his God has taught him this,
has given him instruction.
(Isaiah 28:23-26 CJB)

There are times when we seek the Lord for the provision of a need, or the destruction of an enemy, or the answer to a question, and we must just sit and wait to see the answer appear or be accomplished. There are other times when we must prevail in prayer over a request or it is lost and we never see it.

Paul described to the congregations in Corinth that they helped Yahweh bless him and his companions through trouble and burden and despair by praying:

For we do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, of our trouble which came to us in Asia: that we were burdened beyond measure, above strength, so that we despaired even of life. Yes, we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead, who delivered us from so great a death, and does deliver us; in whom we trust that He will still deliver us, you also helping together in prayer for us, that thanks may be given by many persons on our behalf for the gift granted to us through many.
(2 Corinthians 1:8-11 NKJV)

Sometimes, the battle in prayer is what causes a victory in the earth:

At Rephidim, Amalek came and fought against Israel. Moses said to Joshua, “Select some men for us, and go fight against Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the hilltop with God’s staff in my hand.”

Joshua did as Moses had told him, and fought against Amalek, while Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. While Moses held up his hand, Israel prevailed, but whenever he put his hand down, Amalek prevailed. When Moses’ hands grew heavy, they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat down on it. Then Aaron and Hur supported his hands, one on one side and one on the other so that his hands remained steady until the sun went down. So Joshua defeated Amalek and his army with the sword.
(Exodus 17:8-13 Holman Christian Standard Bible®©)

You know what to pray and how to pray it by quizzing the Spirit of the Lord about what to pray, and then how to pray it. In some instructions about being prepared for spiritual warfare, Paul taught, “…praying in the Spirit on all occasions…” after describing their armor. He wrote that when we don’t know what to pray, “The Spirit makes intercession for us Himself…” He knows what you need and how to obtain it. Ask Him.