1 John 5:14. If we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us. Confidence rests on asking in God's will.
2 Corinthians 12:9. My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. The deeper answer is Himself.
John grounds confidence in praying according to God's will. Paul, refused three times, received the deeper answer: sufficient grace in weakness. Silence is not absence; sometimes God's answer is Himself.
Father, I have asked and not received. Let Your will be mine, and let Your grace be sufficient where my strength is weak.
Am I willing to receive the grace that is sufficient, even where God has not given the thing I asked?
Name the unanswered request, surrender it to God's will in prayer, and this week ask Him for the grace to be sufficient in the waiting.
