If...

"If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you." John 15.7

God is not a magician. His favors and miracles never happen by chance, by luck or merit. Everything depends on Obedience to His Word. Jesus promises everything, but it all depends on the "if". If you abide in Me, and if my words abide in you... Ask what you desire.

Dominion of sin

"For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace." Romans 6.14

Behind sin there is always a spirit. In fact, sin is an evil spirit. Tho who live in faith in the Lord Jesus are not hostage to the spirit of sin. But those who live a farce of faith, then yes, they become slaves to sin. They are the ones who usually say: I can not overcome my desires, my flesh, my sins ...

Fleshly world vs. Spiritual world

"But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His." Romans 8.9

Being in the flesh is to be a prisoner of the heart, to cater to the lusts of the soul and feelings.
Being in the Spirit is to live in the spiritual world, the world of certainty, the conviction and of supernatural faith.
If anyone confesses Jesus as Lord but does not live by faith, he has nothing to do with him.

Enemy of God

"Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God."

James 4:4

Those who render themselves to the fleshly desires, by their own flesh they'll perish. Those who render themselves to their heart feelings, will also be destroyed by their heart. But those who lean on the Holy Spirit will have life for all eternity.

Rule

"He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city."

Proverbs 16: 32

He who resists temptations fights an interior war. As he rules his fleshly desires to please his Lord, he's more honored than war soldiers.

Oh...

“Oh, that My people would listen to Me, that Israel would walk in My ways!" 

Psalm 81.13


When the Lord exclaims: 'Oh, that My people would listen to Me...'You can see His great desire to attend to His people's urgent needs. Isn't that the same feeling parents have regarding their children?

One needs to hear and obey His Word.

Desire

" LORD, You have heard the desire of the humble; You will prepare their heart; You will cause Your ear to hear..."

Psalms 10:17

Blessed are those with a humble spirit, for God hears their cry. He's always ready to help and fulfil their desires.

Light

"For it is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us."

2 Corinthians 4:6-7


In Jesus, God's desire was fulfilled on shining His light on those His Spirit has chosen, regardless of their merits, but by faith.