know the will of God

God operates by his own rules which are set up to serve our existence. It might be a good idea to accumulate Bible verses which reveal the will of God if it is that we really want to know His will. Matt 7:11 where Jesus speaks about giving good gifts to our children and every good gift comes down from above in James 1:17 reveals His will among countless countless others. To match up these generalities with a specific so that a bitter gift can be construed to be given by God instead is not just bad logic, it is merely self-serving unbelief, and cannot find a parallel anywhere in the Bible. Jesus said that whatever things we desire when we pray, to believe that we receive them in Mark 11:34. W. Somerset Maugham as a child went to bed believing that and because he still stuttered in the morning, he dropped the matter and became a life long unbeliever. This most sophisticated man never grew out of that view even as an adult. Persistence is the bed rock of belief. His belief was brief. Somethings are not accomplished without much prayer and fasting, according to Jesus as he answered His disciples when they asked why they could not heal the child being consumed by a demon, Matt 17:21. Sometimes it is just not yet, but it is never forever until eternity when there is no time. It is a good course to stick with Jesus whether we understand it or not, as for me I choose no other course. The alternative is to involve onself in other spirits of unknown destination.