“Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not because ye ask not. Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.” (James 4:2-3)
Conflict in churches can be over the least important things: the color of the carpet, whether the toilet tissue is to roll over the top or under the roll, where the piano and organ should be located.
Even when we pray, if we pray at all, we too often throw up something toward heaven to satisfy our own lusts or selfish interests.
Prayer is not asking God for what we want; it is asking Him for what He wants. He is concerned with our needs and many times He not only gives us our needs but He gives us our wants as well. What a high and holy privilege to be able to commune with the creator and sovereign ruler of the universe.
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