Your will...

   
     Leprosy would be a terrible disease to have.  No one was allowed to touch a leper.  No one was supposed to go near a leper.  Jesus did both.  (Luke 5:12-16)  A man with leprosy saw Jesus and fell face down in front of him.  "Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean."  Jesus reached out and touched him.  "I am willing. Be clean!"  The man was healed.
     As I read this, the man's words hit me.  If you are willing... you can make me clean.  His words were not:  Can you make me clean?  Nor were they:  If you can, then you will make me clean.   He did not question Jesus' abilities.  He did not test Jesus or demand from him.
     "Lord, I know you can heal me.  I ask that you would.  But whatever your will is, I pray that it would be done."  How often do we pray this way?  Rather, it seems that the trend today is naming what you want done and claiming that it will be done.  If it doesn't come to pass then apparently you don't have enough faith.  Hmmmm...  I've never seen that written in the Bible.
     I do not tell God what is best for me.  His will is best.  He determines my steps.  I won't always understand why God does what he does, or why he allows the things he allows.  I must trust that He knows what is best and believe that He is in control.  Matthew 21:22 "If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer."  This has nothing to do with naming and claiming.  If we are in HIS will, then what we ask for will align.
     "Lord, help me to have faith that knows without a doubt that you can do what you say you can do, and that you are who you say who you are.  I do not want to demand anything from you.  I ask humbly and I ask that your will be done above all."