Trust the NO
How many times have we prayed in earnest and received a no answer. Like the children we are, we at the worst throw temper tantrums and at the best we, disappointedly, go on hoping that God knows what He is doing. After all, didn’t Jesus Christ say that whatever we ask in His name it will be given? John 14:13-14, Matthew 18:19, Mark 11:24 et. al. The problem arises from taking it out of context. Ok. So we understand that we must ask and believe that we will receive it. A faith issue. Again more context must be observed. In these verses, Jesus Christ was telling us how we would be empowered to do God’s work and not our own. Does God want us to ask Him for all things? Absolutely. Sometimes the answer is yes, sometimes it is wait, and sometimes it is a flat NO. We rejoice in the yes, we hope in the wait, but the no is hard. James tells us we ask for the wrong things. James 4:3 When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you g