As much as I want these words to be literally true, I realise that they can’t be. I don’t know how many times I have asked God for something, and it never happens. Whether I have been asking for healing or for the release of a financial burden or the change of someone’s behaviour and even their salvation I never seem to get the answer I want. I am even frustrated by Him not making it clear to me what He wants me to be doing in life. I see these as reasonable requests and even spiritual ones, but they seem to fall on deaf ears and outside His will and or timing. Am I doing something wrong? Does He really care? Can He really do what He says He can do? Does He really exist? These are the doubts that easily creep in when we don’t get what we want when we want. I guess we read into promises like this with preconceived ideas that God is obligated to perform our will rather than us conform to his. There is an overwhelming comfort, contentment and joy when we align our will with His. If only it were easier to discover.
CamisGWare 