What would you ask for..

James 4:3 KJV
Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.

Through prayer we are given an opportunity to ask from God and to let Him know our requests. The problem is that we take this opportunity for granted. Instead of using it to ask for things that would be sensible and necessary to us we ask for things that will fulfill our envies and desires. Well God doesn’t give us what we shouldn’t have.  God knows the outcome and the results of every situation. If whatever we are asking for will destroy us then God will not give it to us.

As much as a parent would not give their own children anything harmful that’s how God is towards His own. If we could only accept that God is beyond our own intelligence, abilities, strength and being then we would surrender everything to Him. Why should we waist our requests on things that will not last us for a lifetime and things that are for the worldly boasting rather than ask for what would be necessary for our own survival. Like David who asked to dwell in the house of God. (Psalms 27:14)  

S. Mlilo