So I'm sitting in the doctor's office waiting to be called
when all of a sudden....WHAM! The Spirit did a drive by...well, not so much a
dive by, more like slapping me upside the head like my mom used to do. I don't
know if my head and heart can take so much revelation in one week....but God
knows.
So, I'm sitting there reading Max Lucado when all of a sudden this
scripture dropped into my spirit.
James 4:3 King James
Version (KJV) 3 Ye ask, and
receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
I had been feeling both angry and blue for a couple of days
because I was praying for something to happen. Knowing Praying with the
knowledge of God's will and way but I was still using MY understanding and not
asking for the discernment of the Spirit....and then this wonderful verse came to
my rescue. I WAS PRAYING WRONG !
James provided an answer in James 4:3: "Ye ask,
and receive not, because ye ask amiss…."The Greek word for
"amiss" is kakos, which definition indicates that something
that is bad or wrong. As James uses it in this verse, it depicts a person
who is asking wrongly, badly, or inappropriately. It could be said that this
person is simply off the mark in his
request. Although he/she prays with the greatest zeal and fervor, he/she is off
target with what he/she is asking. This person is apparently asking God to do
something that is not aligned with His Word. Therefore, regardless of how long
or how passionately the person asks, God will not answer his request with a
positive answer because it is not in agreement with the Word.
Maybe this person is asking for the right thing, but because
he/she is so fretful and filled with doubt, fear and anxiety, he/she doesn't
ask with a faith that honors God. Rather than praying from a position of faith,
he/she cries out to the Lord in fear and anxiety convicted and convinced that
their cry is passionate prayer. Fear doesn't move God - faith does. This
person may be asking for the right thing, he/she is asking from a wrong spirit.
Thus, he is asking badly or inappropriately.
This means what we ask and how we ask are
both of vital importance if we are going to get our prayers answered!
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