God Wanted Something Different

Matthew 6:9-10
In this manner, therefore, pray:
Our Father in heaven,
Hallowed be Your name.
Your kingdom come.
Your will be done

I give glory, honor, and praise to Our Father in heaven. I give thanks for His many blessings, and for the privilege of prayer. I call on the power of the Holy Spirit today to bring wisdom and edification through the infallible word of God.

Have you ever prayed, and prayed, and prayed, and prayed to God for something that you really wanted to come to fruition in your life? I mean have you ever consistently and emphatically petitioned God for a desire that you held in your heart and declared with your mouth for a period of time that caused you to stretch in your faith? And have you ever done so, only to have your petition to fall flat and not be fulfilled? I certainly have. It is a painful thing to experience. No matter how painful an unanswered prayer may be, take comfort in the fact that God wanted something different for you. Be at peace knowing that perhaps God knew that you were not ready for what you were asking in prayer. Be glad that because He knew the hearts and intentions of the other people who would have been a party to your blessing he shielded you from the destruction that would have surely come had you received what you asked in prayer.

On the other hand, I have also experienced God moving immediately on my behalf after praying effectual and fervent prayers (James 5:16). I have been amazed at how quickly and specifically and sufficiently His grace has met me at my need. There are times when I have barely finished uttering the prayer, my face still wet with tears, when the answer to my prayers will have appeared.

What is the difference? Well, I can’t speak for God. But what I will stand on today to encourage you is that if God is for what you are praying, it has to come to pass (Romans 8:31). The Bible says that God’s word does exactly what it says.
 
Isaiah 55:11
So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth;
It shall not return to Me void,
But it shall accomplish what I please,
And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.
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When we pray, it is important that we pray according to the will of God. The word of God is the express will of God. Therefore, anchoring our prayers in God’s word and praying His truth, makes our prayers effective. We must worship God in spirit and in truth (John 4:24). God is love (1 John 4:8). When we go to God in prayer, we must approach God on the premise of truth according to His Spirit, which is love.
 
Psalm 51:10
Create in me a clean heart, O God,
And renew a steadfast spirit within me.
 
Be encouraged today that when your prayer is aligned with God’s word and your heart is surrendered in love toward God and toward people (John 13:34-35), you are asking in prayer for God to do what He has already promised for you. When you do this, it will come to pass.

1 John 5:14-15
Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, 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 the petitions that we have asked of Him.

Be Blessed!
~Nina

Declaration:  When I pray the will of God in spirit and in truth my prayers come to pass.