"Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it." (John 14:12-14 NIV)
Be careful what you ask for in Jesus' name. You may not appreciate the answer to your prayers when the answer comes as much as you thought you might. God's will; after all, does not necessarily agree with our will. A friend of mine once told me that she was very sorry that she asked God for patience. He had answered her prayer and she was receiving this gift in a very hard way. She was learning it.
Jesus tells us that whatever we ask in his name, it will be given to us. We ask for all kinds of things and the reality is that the answer to some of those prayers is "no." Jesus did not say we could have anything our hearts desire. He said, "I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son." (vs 13)
Our prayers are not answered so that we can be glorified; rather, that our Father be glorified. Whatever we ask in Jesus' name that will glorify God will be answered in His way. We may not like the way in which He answers. His will; His ways are not necessarily our will; our ways.
God's Peace - Pr. J
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