“Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the Father. Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it.” – John 14:12-14 (ESV)
“Why don’t I get what I want? I am, after all, asking for it in Jesus’ name.”
The answer is simple, but often unwanted, “Is what you want in line with the will of God?” When we are ‘me-centered’ people, we may not ask God to grant overtly wicked requests, but subtlety our selfish desires are reflected in our prayers. We can be consumed about our own well-being; we often are a far cry from being imitators of the One who gave up a home, friends, family, even His own life, for the glory of God.
Our prayers, especially our requests, should be to glorify God. This would radically change the way we seek Him and the types of things we ask of Him. Someone recently posed a question to me that has stuck – what are you trusting God for that only He could accomplish?
