God's will or yours?

God’s will or yours?

Matthew 6:7-10 (ESV)

⁷ “And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words. ⁸ Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. ⁹  Pray then like this:

“Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name.
¹⁰  Your kingdom come,
your will be done,
     on earth as it is in heaven.

After talking to a friend last night about unanswered prayers, I did a little prayer and research and came up with today’s verses and message.

First, we have to remember and have faith that God knows our needs and will supply us with what we need.  In verse 8 Jesus said that your Father knows what you need before you ask Him.  Now, in my case, I have asked and asked for things that I didn’t receive, then realized later that I didn’t really need what I was asking for.  I’ve been praying for God to bless this blog and the book that is coming out.  Now, since I believe that I am in God’s will and that the blog and the book will be for the furtherment of God’s will, I firmly believe that both will be blessed.  So how am I so sure?  There is nothing worldly about me asking to bless the blog or the book because my only goal is for people to examine themselves and see where they are in their relationship with God.

OK, so in verse 10 He says YOUR kingdom come, YOUR WILL be done, on EARTH as it is in HEAVEN.  So, in my opinion, Jesus wants us to pray for things that are in God’s will, and if we do then we are to be assured that the prayers will be answered.  Also let’s look at verse 13 where it says to lead us not into temptation.  It is my opinion that sometimes we don’t get prayers answered because number one, the request isn’t in God’s will; but also because if the prayer were to get answered it may put us in a place where there is too much temptation to sin.  I would love to be rich, but  I think that it may cause me to focus less on my relationship with God and more on worldly things.  So that would take me out of God’s will, which in turn means I will probably never be rich. 

I hope I didn’t over emphasize my point, or over simplify it.  Let me say that I believe like Jesus said about having the faith to move mountains, but my personal opinion is that our requests have to be centered in God’s will.

Hope this helped!  Remember to send my blog address to as many people as you can.  I really feel like God is blessing this ministry so continue to pray that His will be done through the blog and book.

God Bless!