Friday, September 15, 2006

Will GOD answer my prayers?

Will GOD answer my prayers?

In Matthew 7:7-8
7"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 8For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.

Yes, GOD will give what you have asked. Yet, in James 4:3, GOD warns we may not receive what we ask.


3When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.
Another possible reason why we may not receive what we ask may be because we do not ask believingly à Double-mindedness. Refer to James 1:6-8.
6But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. 7That man should not think he will receive anything from the Lord; 8he is a double-minded man, unstable in all he does.


What happens when we are so determined in asking GOD for things He feels is BAD for us?

I believe GOD will still grant you the desire of your heart but you have to pay the price.
Read 1 Samuel chapters 8 to 16

(1) Israel asked for a King because other nations had kings to rule over them and lead them in battles [1Sam8:20]
(2) GOD anointed Saul as King over the Israelites
(3) Saul was selfish and he disobeyed GOD. Israelites suffered under Saul’s reign.
(4) GOD rejected Saul as King (Take note of 1Sam15:22 ‘… To obey is better than sacrifice…)

If we insist on things from GOD which He deems bad for us, He will give us but we reap the consequences.

Is this the end of me then?

GOD is a forgiving GOD. In 1 Corinthians 9,

9However, as it is written: "No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him"

GOD can make good the ‘bad’ situation. GOD anointed David to be King of Israel. King David was a righteous and GOD-fearing man.

Meditate on the bible references.

Bless you.

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