God will not ignore our request when it is within His will.
1 John 5:13-15 "13 I have written these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life. 14 And this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. 15 And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we already possess what we have asked of Him.…"
Psalm 145:19
"He fulfills the desires of those who fear Him; He hears their cry and saves them."
John 14:13
"And I will do whatever you ask in My name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son."
We are given what we ask for when it glorifies God and is His desire for us.
However, He may give us what we want that is not good for us to teach us a lesson, when we are in stubborness. So then it is wise to seek God's will rather than begging Him to give us what we want, that might not be good for us.
Romans 12:2 " and be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that of God, and acceptable, and perfect will of God,"
James 4:2-4 "…2 You crave what you do not have. You kill and covet, but are unable to obtain it. You quarrel and fight. You do not have, because you do not ask. 3 And when you do ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may squander it on your pleasures. 4 You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God.…"
The most frightening place to be is out of the will of God to satisfy a personal desire. God often will allow us to have what we want that is not good for us. He will not override our free will. But know this, getting what we want without counsel from the Holy Spirit brings with it consequences that can be devastating and lifelong.
The best way to avoid unwanted consequences is to seek God's will before we act, while ignoring all intense feelings that do not match up with God's Word.
James 4:6-8 "6 But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.” 7 Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.…"
1 John 2:15-17
"Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride in possessions—is not from the Father but is from the world. And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever."
Ephesians 2:1-22
"And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— ..."
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