25) God Answers Prayer! Series

In other word’s - your prayers are not being answered,

Because you are asking for the wrong things.

You are praying according to what you want

And purely based on what you desire in the flesh.

I’m sorry to be the one to declare this reality to you…

But God is not obliged to answer prayers - just because you want something.

*Where’s the balance? Well Jesus gives us the balance in John 15:7

7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.

So yes, God answers prayer – only there are few conditions which people seem to miss.

And brethren please understand we have to get the balance right.

When you are living according to God’s will…and according to His word,

Then you can ask anything you want – and it will be done.

Why – because then what you want – will be what God wants,

And God will always answer prayers according to His will.

You see, when you are living according to God’s will for your life

And according to God’s Word,

Then what you want – is going to mirror and match what God wants…

And those prayers will always be answered.

Remember God only wants what’s best for you.

And when our will is wrapped around His – then our prayer life will be transformed.

Sometimes in the flesh - we think we know what is best,

When in fact in the Spirit - God often has something altogether different in mind.

When we pray according to God’s will and purpose for our lives,

Those prayers will be answered.

What Do We Know?

Take a look at how the Lord finishes verse 3

Because in this verse God effectively tells us three things:

Firstly, He declares that His desire for us is to call unto Him,

Then Secondly He says, I will answer your call…

I will hear and reply to your prayers,

And then thirdly, He backs this all up by saying:

I will - …shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.

Now one glaring reality that immediately stands out to me here

Is that we don’t know everything.

There are some things that we “Know Not”.

Oh, we think we know – don’t we.

We think we “know” all about this thing called life.

We think we “know” exactly what we need…

When we need it, and what will best for us in the long run.

And so often - we pray along those lines.

“Lord – here’s what I need.”

But I wonder, can you see a small problem here?

Because God says there is still some stuff you don’t know.

There are some things that you can’t see.

But its ok because – if you Call unto me, pray to me… in accordance to my will,

God says I will …shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.

Hidden Things

Do you see that phrase mighty things

Well that can actually be translated directly from the Hebrew

To mean: “Hidden Things”.

You see, sometimes we pray for this or that,

Thinking it will fix everything…

When in reality what we actually need is hidden from us.

Remember all those people we’ve met who say

Prayer doesn’t work…

Well it’s not because God doesn’t answer prayer,

It’s because often they fail to really understand the way He is answering,

Or perhaps even more to the point…