WHEN DESIRES ARE NOT GRANTED (1)



WHEN DESIRES ARE NOT GRANTED (1)
Jesus Christ our lord talking in the book of Mark chapter 11 verse 24 says whatever we desire, pray for and believe, we shall have them. Our bible made us to understand that God is not a man that he will lie. What that means by all standards is that once God has spoken, it shall come to pass. In the book of proverb, 10: 24, the bible says that “The fear of the wicked shall come upon him, but the desires of the righteous shall be granted” .This same passage solidifies the fact that desires of Christians (righteous) shall be met. Also as captured in the book of Psalms 78:29b and Psalms 34: 10b when we legitimately desire anything as Christians, it shall come to pass.
But unfortunately most desires of Christians are not granted despite these promises of God. When our desires are not granted as Christians we are bound to think in this following direction or believe one of the following;
  • The devil is at work.
  • God does not care anymore
  • It is not the will of God for that to happen
  • The enemy is at work
In some cases the above may be true and majority of the time not at all. The greatest determining factor towards your desires being met at any time is you. God will not do his part and still do yours. You have to play your part accordingly to ensure that your desires will be met according to the promises of God.
The bible confirms in 1st Peter 5:8 that we should be vigilant because the devil our adversary like a roaring lion is moving about seeking for whom to devour. Yes the devil may be instrumental to our desires not being met, but before that can happen we must have given room to the devil to have access into our lives through sin.
In the book of Mark chapter 4: 36-39 when a terrible storm beat the boat Jesus and the disciples were in, they cried out to Him saying, carest thou not that we perish? They felt that the master does not care anymore, but He cares. In verse 39 the bible recorded that He arose and rebuked the storm and it seized. The book of Zechariah 2: 8b also confirmed that Jesus cares because he calls us the apple of his eyes and any one that touches us touches Him.
When desires are not granted, some also think it is not the will of God for them to have their heart desire. In most cases this is fallacy. It may be the will of God, but our attitude or character may be the problem. The leper in the book of Mark 1:40-41 said to Jesus if you will, help me, Jesus responded I will, be thou clean. He is always willing and able to do abundantly more than we desire.
When your desires are not granted don’t blame anyone, don’t start insinuating that this or that may be responsible, don’t rush into conclusion that it is the devil, or that God is not ready and willing to answer  etc, look into your life. Search you life, dig deep into your attitude, character and ways of life. Psalm 119: 59 says “I thought on my ways and turned my feet unto thy testimonies”. You need to have a rethink and confirm exactly what is responsible for the no or delay in response to your desires not being granted.
WHAT DO YOU CHECK?
  1. What are your desires founded on? If your desires are not founded on the word of God, there is every likelihood that they will not be met or granted. For God to grant our desires, they must be founded on the scripture. The world we are living in today was created by the word of God. There are a lot of “it is written” in the bible that describe every situation we find ourselves in. Choose the right one that suits your desires and make the supplications to God, and surely it will be granted.
  2. Check what you have been saying with your mouth: Proverb 6: 2 says “ Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth and thou art taken with the words of thy mouth”. There is power in spoken words. Positive confessions have positive results while negative confessions produce negative results. You don’t expect to have your heart desires granted when you are confessing negatively about that desire. You want your marriage to work and you are saying with your mouth that your husband/wife is a devil. How do you expect the marriage with a devil to work?  No wonder the book of psalm 141: 3 says “Set a Watch oh Lord before my mouth; keep the door of my lips”. In numbers 13: 28 the Israelites would have had their heart desires except that they murmured and blasphemed God with their own mouth. Anything you say with your mouth is heard by two powers, God and the devil. God will always work on the positive once and make them fulfilled while the devil takes hold of your negative confessions and ensure that they materialize. Remember always that your mouth is a spiritual magnet that can draw evil or good to your life. How are you today? And your response is, we are struggling. You will continue to struggle because you confessed that with your mouth. Learn to confess positive things and reap positive results. It is well.
TO BE CONTINUED.

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