In Rom. 8:26 we read what our hearts must often confess to be true: “…We know not what we should pray for as we ought…”

But the Apostle hastens to explain that the Spirit makes intercession for us according to the will of God, adding: “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose” (Rom.8:28, 29b)… that we might “conformed to the image of His Son.”

Believers may not receive whatever they ask for, but “God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work” (2 Cor. 9:8).

We may not receive whatever we ask for, but by His grace we may have so much more than this, that the Apostle, in contemplating it, breaks forth in a doxology:

“Now unto Him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,

In the light of all this the highest expression of faith today is found in the words of Paul in Phil. 4:6-7:

“Be careful [anxious] for nothing — but in everything — by prayer and supplication — with thanksgiving — let your requests be made known unto God — and…”

“And” what?

“And whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive”?

NO!!

“…and the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep [garrison] your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.”

When we are able to pray and leave it with Him we will have peace in our soul as evidence of this greatest expression of faith.