In Rom.Β 8:26Β we read what our hearts must often confess to be true:
ββ¦We know not what we should pray for as we oughtβ¦β
But the Apostle hastens to explain that the Spirit makes intercession for us according to the will of God, adding:
βAnd we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purposeβ (Rom. 8:28).
Believers may not receive whatever they ask for in the darkness of this age, but
βGod is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good workβ (II Cor. 9:8).
We may not receive whatever we ask for, but by His grace we may have so much more than this, that the Apostle, in contemplating it, breaks forth in a doxology:
βNow unto Him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, Unto Him be glory in the Church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amenβ (Eph.Β 3:20,21).
In the light of all this the highest expression of faith today is found in the words of Paul in Phil. 4:6,7:
βBe careful [anxious] for nothing β but in everything β by prayer and supplication β with thanksgiving β let your requests be made known unto God β andβ¦β
βAndβ what?
βAnd whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receiveβ?
NO!!
ββ¦and the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep [garrison] your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.β source
