Asking God For Anything
Matthew 21:22 says, “You can pray for anything, and
if you have faith, you will receive it.” NLT
The word “all” in the Greek means “anything”. It is
the word pas, and it means all, any, every, the whole.
This is the passage that talks about commanding our
mountains (obstacles) to be uprooted and removed out of our way, and it would
obey us.
Many church denominations are in agreement that
Matthew 21:22 is not really referring to “anything”, when Jesus said that you
can pray for anything and it would be ours if we have faith. They feel
that the word “anything” means “some things”, and especially spiritual
things. Other than the spiritual, and divine healing, the rest of man (or
woman) is neglected.
God created us spirit, soul and body. Plus,
we operate in a world that is governed by economics.
God wants to minister to every part of us and bring
wholeness. He wants to bring healing and breakthrough in any area of our
lives in which we need it. And not only for us, but also for our family
members, loved ones and others.
I heard the Lord speak to my inner spirit a few
days ago the phrase: “the whole nine yards”. He was saying that He
wants to bless His children with the “whole nine yards”.
This idiom is a figure of speech that
means: “the whole thing; complete; all of it”. He is saying to not
just ask Him for a few things, or to feel like you have to pick and
choose. That’s what religion tells you. Religion always puts God in
a box … to limit Him, and also tries to box us in too.
Even if, at one point, God told you to ask Him for
what you wanted the very most, that was a prophetic act for that moment in
time. In no way would God limit Himself to just doing one miracle.
Sometimes the Lord highlights, in our lives, what
we want the very most because it’s the most sensitive area of our hearts.
Sometimes He wants permission to gently touch those very sensitive areas, and
to assure us that He desires those things for us as much as we want it, and
that He cares.
God wants to give us our heart’s desires, just as
long as we put the Lord first and don’t have any other idols above Him.
God is saying to present Him with the entire list
of everything you would like Him to do in your life, and declare to Him that He’s Able to do it. Begin to call
things into existence (Romans 4:17). Check it off your list when God brings it
to pass.
Romans 4:17-22 says:
17 As it is written, I have made you the father of
many nations. [He was appointed our father] in the sight of God in whom he
believed, who gives life to the dead and speaks of the nonexistent things that
[He has foretold and promised] as if they [already] existed.
18 [For Abraham, human reason for] hope being gone,
hoped in faith that he should become the father of many nations, as he had been
promised, So [numberless] shall your descendants be.
19 He did not weaken in faith when he considered
the [utter] impotence of his own body, which was as good as dead because he was
about a hundred years old, or [when he considered] the barrenness of Sarah's
[deadened] womb.
20 No unbelief or distrust made him waver
(doubtingly question) concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong and was
empowered by faith as he gave praise and glory to God,
21 Fully satisfied and assured that God was able
and mighty to keep His word and to do what He had promised.
22 That is why his faith was credited to him as
righteousness (right standing with God).
AMP
Getting back to Matthew 21:22 about asking God for
anything … it’s like in my spirit I can hear some people saying, “Yes, but what
about the Scripture that says that you ask, but do not receive, because you ask
amiss.”
We will examine this passage to see what James was
talking about. The Scripture reference is James 4:3. To understand this
verse, we must look at the context of James’ letter. We will begin at
Chapter 3, Verse 1.
