WHEN DESIRES ARE NOT GRANTED (PART II)



WHEN DESIRES ARE NOT GRANTED (PART II)
In part 1 of this message, we saw that it is the will and desire of God for every believer to prosper. We also saw the feelings of Christians when their desires are not met which include: Belief that the devil is at work, God has forsaken them and does not care anymore about them, it may not be the will of God to grant the desire. We also discussed that when desires are not met, we should not start blaming anybody, rather we should check our lives. The things to check as we captured in part one include;
1.      What our desires are founded on.
2.      What we have been saying with our mouth.
 In this part two, we shall continue with what to check when our desires are not met.
3.      Check your understanding of time: There is time and season for everything on earth. For everything in life, there is a time and season. That is why we have rainy season, dry season, etc. For every of our desires in life, God has a plan for it which is the right time. If we as Christians don’t understand the timing of God we may find ourselves pursuing the right things in life at the wrong time or pursuing the wrong things at the right time. Our Lord Jesus Christ succeeded in his ministry on earth because it was the right time (John 2: 4, John 7:6) . When you have fasted and prayed for a thing and yet it does not come, reflect on this, it may not be the right time as ordained by God. God will grant your request at His right time and not your own right time. An earthly father cannot buy a car for his son when he is still a baby. The same way God cannot give us certain things when He knows we are not yet matured for such. It is better to be second in God’s time than to be first in your own time.
4.      Check who you have been listening to: Who and what you listen to play important part in how your desires are met. Are you listening to flesh or are you listening to God and the Holy Spirit? Are you listening to others, brothers, sisters, friends, colleagues etc? Your future depends so much on what you are hearing. Many have ended up destroying their lives because of what they heard from others. Someone comes and tells you how he did this and that and today he is swimming in money. You will not seek the council and direction of God and you jump into what you heard. Do not desire a thing because others are doing so. Ask for the direction of God and listen to what he tells you. Many have their desires not granted because those desires are not the will of God. Note that God can only defend what he has said. (Psalm 32: 8).
5.      Check what your expectations were: How do you expect to receive your desires? The extent to which your desires will be granted depends greatly on your expectations. Are your expectations in alignment with the purpose of God for your life and destiny? Many may be praying every day, I want to travel abroad, God grant me favour and grace to travel abroad. Have you asked God’s expectation and plan for your life to prosper? If God has destined that you are going to make it here in Nigeria and you keep on desiring and praying to travel abroad. If you are a child of God such request will not be granted.
Naaman in the book of Second Kings chapter 5 expected Elisha to come to him and pray so that he will be healed of his leprosy. But instead Elisha told him to go to the river Jordan and wash seven times. His expectation was wrong and had he insisted on his heart expectation, his desire of being made whole of leprosy would not have been granted. So when your desires are not met or granted, find out if your expectations align with God’s plan for you.

My dear brothers and sisters, when you greatly desire a thing, you have prayed, fasted and waited on the lord for that thing, and it does not come to pass, check your life. It may be that your desires are wrongly founded. It may also be as a result of negative confessions you may have made with your mouth. On the other hand, it may be that it is not the right time/God’s time. Also check what you have been listening to and find out if your expectations are God’s plan for you. GOD BLESS YOU.


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