Why!

James 4:3" Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts".

The word of God tells us that when we diligently seek Him, He will give us the desire of our heart. With this being true, we must understand that when we diligently seek God, it is He who becomes the desire of our heart. Remember He will have no other God before Him, and where your treasures are that is where your heart will be.

When we come to God with a prayer request, we must ask our self why. Why are we requesting what it is we are asking for. Will it bring glory to God? Will it help someone in need, or is it just to satisfy our own lust and greed. God will not deny a request which falls within His will, but most of what we seek is for self glorification, or personal edification. Now the word of God tells us He will withhold no good thing from us, but remember He is talking about good things as He sees what is good for us. Material riches is not good for everybody, some people would act a fool if they had a nickel above car fare. God's favor is fare, it's just that all things are not good for all people. God knows what is best for each of us.

James tells us that we don't have because we don't ask, and when we do ask we ask with the wrong motives or for the wrong things. Let us come to God and seek those things He would want us to have for the building of His kingdom and to spread His Gospel..