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?
