17如果我们求主,要得着一些满足我们愿望的东西,我们就不会得着什么。这是因为我们的祷告不是按照神的旨意,以完成神的经纶;我们也不是一个对的人。第一,我们必须是对的人,完全与神是一。…然后我们才能有神作我们的信心,并且能按着我们对神旨意的认识祷告,以完成祂的经纶。我们的祷告若是照着我们的意愿,而不是照着神的旨意,为着达到我们的目的,而不是完成神的经纶,我们就绝不会在神里面有信心,相信我们已经得着我们所求的(李文集一九九四至一九九七年第三册,七二六至七二八、七三一页)。
17If we ask the Lord for things that satisfy our desire, we will not receive anything. This is because our prayer is not according to God’s will for the fulfillment of God’s economy, and we are not the right persons. First, we must be the right persons, absolutely one with God… Then we can have God as our faith and pray according to our knowledge of God’s will for the fulfillment of His economy. If we pray for something according to our desire, not according to God’s will, to fulfill our purpose, not to fulfill God’s economy, we can never have the faith in God to believe that we have received what we asked for. (CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 3, “The God-man Living,” pp. 579-580, 582)