Praying Under an Open HeavenSample

Agenda Driven Prayer 

One of the greatest hindrances to the revelation of God’s glory in the earth is—prayer! No, your eyes aren’t playing tricks on you. But I’m talking about prayer offered by those who have personal agendas and seek to exalt themselves. They pray, “Not thy will, but mine, be done,” God sees absolutely everything. He hears every prayer, but He also looks deep within the heart of the individual who prays the prayer, and clearly understands the motivations of the heart which are behind it!

Nothing is ever concealed from His eyes. Prayer of any sort for anything is always going to be subject to His scrutiny. He not only hears what we petition Him to do, but He also sees the true reason for the petition. This is what James was referring to when he said: “You lust and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain. You fight and war. Yet you do not have because you do not ask. You ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your pleasures” (James 4:2-3 NKJV).

God loves it when we embrace His burden and pray the things that are on His heart more than our own. One of the highest purposes of prayer is to help bring His Kingdom into the earth so that He will be glorified. This truth is clearly illustrated by Jesus when He said, “And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the father may be glorified in the son. If you ask anything in My name, I will do it” (John 14:13-14 NKJV).

God has given us wonderful promises about asking, believing and receiving. That is not in dispute whatsoever, but there is a higher calling in faith and prayer. It is to ask for things, that when given, will be used exclusively to bring glory to our Heavenly Father through His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ! It’s a type of prayer that is not about us, but it is all about Him and for Him. 

This is the kind of prayer that God desires.