To day thy servant knoweth that I have found grace in thy sight, my lord, O king, in that the king hath fulfilled the request of his servant. 2 Samuel 14:22
SA 14:22{An answered prayer makes us glad for its own sake. But there is grace behind the gift which is better and more gladdening than the gift itself. For which is most valued, the engagement ring, or the favor of which it is the token? Setting aside judicial answers to unspiritual prayers, which an honest conscience will have no difficulty in distinguishing, the servants of the King may take it that His answers to their requests are proofs and tokens of His grace and favor—of His real, and present, and personal love to themselves individually. When they are receiving few or none, they should search for the cause, lest it should be some hidden or unrecognized sin. For "if I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me"; so never let us go on comfortably and easily when He is silent to us. And instead of envying others who get such wonderful answers, "Let us search and try our ways.”
And evermore the Father sends radiantly down
All-marvelous responses. His ministers to crown;
The incense-cloud returning as golden blessing-showers,
We in each drop discerning some feeble prayer of ours,
Transmuted into wealth unpriced, by Him who giveth thus
The glory all to Jesus Christ, the gladness all to us!