Matthew 7: ⁷ “Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you. ⁸ For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.

 

I think too often we think this scripture gives us a free pass... we imagine that God will go along with everything that we ask for... I don't see it that way.. I think that the only time we can be sure God will give us what we pray for is when we pray for His will over our own... I think that we often want our will to be His will and maybe it is not... so at the end of all of our prayers.. we have to go to the place of accepting that not my will be done.. but Yours...

 

I am sure that God will answer every prayer... but I do not always think He will give us what we pray for.. many times the answer is a no... that is hard to accept.. but I am sure that it is in our best interest too... I wonder if we were to just pray for God's will alone and stop telling Him our will... I wonder how different our prayer time would be...