Let's look at 1 John 5:14-15:
14 And this is the confidence (the assurance, the privilege of boldness) which we have in Him: [we are sure] that if we ask anything (make any request) according to His will (in agreement with His own plan), He listens to and hears us. 15 And if (since) we [positively] know that He listens to us in whatever we ask, we also know [with settled and absolute knowledge] that we have [granted us as our present possessions] the requests made of Him. AMP
AMEN!!! Do you see that the only thing we need to do to KNOW that our prayers are answered is to find out God's will on the subject? I want to share today's Faith Food by Kenneth E. Hagin:
"For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me" (John 6:38).
Healing the sick is God's will. Yet Christians who need healing have said to me, "Maybe God put this sickness on me for some purpose." Did Jesus ever put sickness on anyone? When people came to Jesus for healing, did He ever turn even one away, saying, "No, it's not My will. Just suffer a little longer. Wait until your piety gets deepened enough?" No! Not once!
Do you want to know what God is like? Look at Jesus. Do you want to see God at work? Look at Jesus! Did Jesus go about making people sick? No! He went about doing good and healing (Acts 10:38). Do you want to know the will of God? Look at Jesus. Jesus is the will of God in action. We can pray for healing with great confidence - knowing it is the will of God!
Confession: When I pray concerning healing, I know that I pray according to God's will. It is God's will that we have what Jesus bought for us. Therefore, I am confident that God hears me. And since I know that God hears me, I know that I have the petition I desire of Him. And I thank Him for it!
Shalom in Him!
