I've been intrigued with this question: Is it a good thing or a God thing? I know there is a book out with a similar title and I hope to read it. But it's this idea that are we doing. thinking, and praying for just "good" or become serious enough to ask if it's God's will for us. It has to start with prayer, and for God to answer prayer it has to be offered as the
Bible instructs (God thing). Here are four ideas to think about:
1. If you are harboring unconfessed
sin in your life, you need to confess it so you can have that
boldness to enter into God’s presence. If I had cherished sin in my heart, the Lord would
not have listened;– Psalm 66:18
2. You need to pray according
to His will. When our desires and requests are aligned with and subjugated to
the will of God, we know that He will hear and grant what we seek of Him. This is the
confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his
will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know that
we have what we asked of him.– 1 John 5:14-15
3. You need to pray in
His Name. What praying in Jesus’ name really means is that we should
pray as if the Lord Himself were doing the asking. When we pray with that
perspective, we begin to pray for things that really matter, and we eliminate
selfish requests. And I will do whatever
you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father. You may ask
me for anything in my name, and I will do it.– John 14:13-14
4. You need to pray with a knowledge of Scripture.
When you are controlled by His Word, you are not going to ask anything against
God’s will. If you remain in me and my words remain
in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you. – John 15:7
Pray for more of God in your life not just good. Always make sure God hears your prayers by listening to and obeying Him. Amen?
