Unanswered Prayer, Oswald Chambers, and the Rolling Stones

I got a chuckle today out of Oswald Chambers’ somewhat obtuse way of addressing the issue of “unanswered prayer.”  He notes: “God answers prayer… although the immediate manifestation of the answer in the domain in which we want it may not always follow.”  Chambers of course would not have access to them, but it seems to me one could borrow from the Rolling Stones and paraphrase this way:  “You can’t always get what you want, you can’t always get what you want, you can’t always get what you want, but if you try sometimes you just might find, you get what you need.”

Actually, the thought of Chambers and the Stones together in a room gives me a heartier chuckle.