Not, indeed, that our Father in heaven always answers his children’s prayers in the form in which we offer them. Sometimes we ask for the wrong thing! It is God’s prerogative to give good things, things that we have need of, and if in our unwisdom we ask for things that do not come under these headings God, like any good parent, reserves the right to say, “No, not that; it wouldn’t be good for you — but have this instead.” Good parents never simply ignore what their children are saying, nor simply disregard their feelings of need, and neither does God; but often he gives us what we should have asked for, rather than what we actually requested.
–J. I. Packer
I am so glad that He is such a good Father that He doesn’t ignore me nor disregard me, but rather that He gives me what I should have asked for, instead of what I think I need.
God, help me always to trust that Your answers to my prayers are wiser than my requests!