PERSISTENCE IN DAVENING FOR SOMETHING [#18901]

June 20, 2022

QUESTION:

My understanding is that when a person davens when he really wants something, he needs to add on at the end of his tefillah "Only answer my tefillah if this is for my good”, because sometimes a person is davening so long for something which is really for his own good (even though he thinks it is), and since “In the way a person wants to go in, he is led”, Hashem will answer his tefillos even though it will be to his detriment. Is this true?

ANSWER:

There are some times where that is true [where his tefillos will be answered even when it’s not for his good, because he keeps davening for it], and there are other times where no matter how much a person davens, his request will not get answered.