Objection: God Only Answers Prayer When You Ask Something That Is His Will

Really?  That's interesting.  It would be nice if prayer were so safe.  Actually, you can harm yourself by praying incorrectly or for the wrong thing.  No built-in safety valve always stops you from hurting yourself.  Prayer is like electricity.  Electricity will fry you if you misuse it, but if you use it properly, it allows you read answers to healing objections on an electronic device.

Moses was supposed to be God’s spokesman for Israel.  But Moses prayed that God would use Aaron instead.  This angered God, but God answered Moses’ prayer and let Aaron do it even though that was not His will.

Israel cried out for a king in the Old Testament.  That was not God’s will.  Yet God finally answered the people’s prayer, even though the king they got (Saul) did them more harm than good.  God answered a prayer that was prayed against His will and people suffered for it.

The complaining Israelites in the desert cried out for meat.  That was not the will of God, either.  God wanted them to be satisfied with manna, but noooooo...they wanted something else.  God gave it to them, but they ended up dying right away, too.  But God did hear and answer the prayer, even though the people asked contrary to His will.

Abraham asked God to bless Ishmael, even though Ishmael himself was not part of the will of God for the earth.  Although Ishmael could not inherit the blessing of Abraham, God answered Abraham’s prayer and blessed Ishmael anyway.  This led to more problems on the earth than Abraham could ever have imagined.

Jesus said that if you abide in Him and His words abide in you, you will ask what you will and it will be done for you (John 15:7-8).  Make sure that you really want what you ask for!

When it comes to healing, you can know that it is God’s will.  His will is written down for all to read in the Bible.  The particular verses having to do with healing are all referenced in this book, so you have no excuse for not knowing the will of God in the matter.  I just wanted to answer the objection on its own grounds and prove it false with witnesses from Scripture.

Have you ever missed God and asked Him to bless something that you were doing that was not His will for you?  God to an extent will do that because you ask for it.  You can be totally out of the will of God and pray for blessings from God – and get at least some of them because God is merciful and He has already legally granted you all blessings in the heavenlies in Christ anyway.  Now take healing.  God’s perfect will is for you to receive your healing by faith.  Say that you are not prepared to do that.  You pray instead for God to give the surgeon wisdom to operate on you without doing the kinds of things that trigger malpractice suits.  That isn’t God’s highest and best, but if you can believe for it, God will honor and answer that prayer.  It beats dying.