iHeartHope

A few days ago on my cousin’s birthday, my uncle asked what she wanted God to bless her with, so he prays about it when he went to church. She said she wanted money and my uncle said ‘Ah, instead of asking for things like wisdom’. I asked him why she was supposed to ask for wisdom when what she really wanted was money.He said Solomon (unsurprisingly) asked for wisdom and God blessed him with all other things. I asked him if Solomon asked for what he really wanted or asked what he felt would be ‘right’ in the eyes of God. I have no doubt (ofcourse with the guidance of scripture), that God is more concerned with motives: why we do what we do than what we actually do. Many of us have what we are believing God for in this year. Before the year began I found myself thinking of my upcoming birthday. The age I would be attaining this year and inevitably started assessing life. I started praying about certain things I wanted God to grant me in this year. And stopped mid prayer; did I