PRAYING IN GOD’S WILL
Every prayer we offer is not necessarily answered exactly as we desire it to be. Were this the case, it would mean that we would be dictating to God, and prayer would degenerate into a mere system of begging. Just as an earthly father knows what is best for his children’s welfare, so does God take into consideration the particular needs of His human family, and meets them out of His wonderful storehouse. If our petitions are in accordance with His will, and if we seek His glory in asking, the answers will come in ways that will astonish us and fill our hearts with songs of thanksgiving. God is a rich and bountiful Father, and He does not forget His children, nor withhold from them anything which would be to their advantage to receive. The Psalmist assures us – “No good thing does He withhold from those who walk uprightly” (Psalm 84:11). It has well been said that the…
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