I have wondered at times why some of my prayers go unanswered and others seem to be answered before I even think of praying them. I ran across a bit of wisdom as I was working the other day.

The article was entitled “Thy will be done.” In this article it stated that there had been an experiment regarding some rye seeds that were planted. The experimenters put the rye seeds in a growing medium and then separated them by a string. On one side of the string the seeds were prayed for but on the other side they received no prayer. The side that was prayed for grew, the other side didn’t.

There was more to this experiment though. There was directed prayer which was prayer with a specific goal in mind. There was also non-directed prayer which was praying as if God was in control and asking that His will be done. Although both methods yielded results, the non-directed prayer approach yielded twice the amount than the directed prayer did.

Interestingly enough I tend to always pray for my will to be done. I mean after all, this is my life, I guess I would know what would be best wouldn’t I? Yet, I don’t know the future, God only knows that. Nor do I know what another person may have gone through in their life but God knows everything.

I do think that God loves it when we talk with him. He doesn’t mind us asking Him for things but to humble oneself before God and say that His will be done instead of ours is the closest we can come to the love that Jesus had for His Father. That love was so deep it cost Him His life and in return gave those who believe in Him, eternal life with God.