Is Your Hearts' Desire Aligned To His Will?

Does God ever give you what you have prayed for when it is less thank His best for you? A passage that reviews 40 years God's people walked in the dessert, contains a sobering reference to this. In Psalm 106:15 it says " So God gave them what they asked for but sent a wasting disease upon them"

When we pray there are three questions that we need to ask ourselves:

First, ask, "Is what I'm asking God to do is consistent with God has revealed in His word?' This is important because God cannot contradict Himself. Like for instance, a man is praying for his God's Best and yet the woman that he is praying for is a divorced woman; in Luke 16:18 it says, "anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and the man who marries a divorced woman commits adultery."

For the second question, ask, "Am I praying for God's will in this whole matter?" We are to ask in faith, believing that God will honor His Word, yet the highest form of faith is praying as Jesus did, "Not my will but yours be done." It is a man's nature to be selfish at times but by God's grace and as our faith and love grows, its best to ask God to align our hearts' desire according to His will; Often complications, doubt, disappointment and frustrations come when we insist what we want vis' a vis' God's will. The enemy will surely take advantage of our selfish desires which will eventually lead us to go against the will of God.

Lastly, ask yourself, "Will God be glorified in what we are asking Him to do?" Praying that you'll win a client pitch means someone else will loose; Instead pray for God to bless your presentation that whatever you say, do and think at that moment will give honor, praise and glory to God and that whatever the result may be, God will humble your heart to be able to accept His will....at least win or loose you will not loose your Christ-confidence.

In 1 John 5;14-15, This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to His will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us-whatever we ask - we know that we have what we asked Him." Take that by heart.

To God be all the praise, honor and glory.


References:
- Strength & Refuge by Harold Sala
- NIV Bible - New Testament