Not What You Want But What God Wants

Do you want what you want when you want it?

Do you pray and expect a reply?

And when it’s not instantly answered

Do you feel that God passed you by?

Well, prayers that are prayed in this manner

Are really not prayers at all,

For you can’t go to God in a hurry

And expect Him to answer your call.

For prayers are not meant for obtaining

What we selfishly wish to acquire,

For God in His wisdom refuses

The things that we wrongly desire. . .

Wake up! You are missing completely

The reason and purpose of prayer,

Which is really to keep us contented

That God holds us safe in His care.

And God only answers our pleadings

When He knows that our wants fill a need,

And whenever our will becomes His will,

There is no prayer that God does not heed!

Helen Steiner Rice