“This is the confidence which we have before Him, that, if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us” – (1 John 5:14).

Have you heard of something called the lottery curse! It goes like this. A couple that is leading a normal quiet life buys a lottery number and of course, like all, prays feverishly to win the jackpot. As fortune would have it their prayers are answered and theirs is that lucky gold number. Once announced the couple celebrates before cameras splashing champagne. They soon go out on a world tour cruise, enjoy a shopping spree, refreshing themselves in idyllic castles. Life seems so good. But few years down the road the couple has divorced and now struggling with a mountain of debts.

This is what happened to Adrian and Gillian Bayford after winning Euro 148 million from a National lottery. Extra marital affairs and health problems from overweight soon followed. Most of us imagine that all lottery winners live happily ever after, but that simply isn’t the reality for a lot of them. An answer to prayer often leads to ruins.

So, here’s the issue: in our prayers do we ask for the “Lord’s will” or “my will”! When the Lord’ gave us his prayer he taught us to pray not so much as we wish but in accordance to His will. “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven” (Mat 6:9-10). We might wish anything but probably that is not the best for us; as we see the fate of many of our lottery winners. Always pray for the Lord’s will to be done in your life!

Prayer for today: Lord Father God of Abraham, naker of heaven and earth, as you taught us ti pray according to your will, I submit all my request to you paying to bless me in accordance with your will, this I pray in Jesus’s name!