I want to make sure I acknowledge God’s handiwork in my life as it is going on well. For when the eye does or does not see things going well, my Spirit may will definitely say what is true and that should be okay. I wonder how Paul stayed true to his call to go to Jerusalem where he knew he would never be free again. Worse, everyone else knew it and tried to stop him. Yet, it has become a most illustrious example and for me a rule – to pray always, pray without ceasing and to end a time of fellowship with others in prayer.

We lay before God the reasons why we think that what we ask for is the best thing. – J.I. Packer