YOU NEED TO ASK

James 4:2
You do not have, because  you do not ask God.

Does God ever gives what you have asked for when it is less best for you?  Psalm106 a passage that review 40 years God's people walk in the desert contain a sobering reference to this. It says, "so he [God] gave them what they asked for, but sending them wasting disease upon them. Psalm 106:13
   When you prayed there are three  question that you need to ask for yourself
First, ask, "is what I'm asking God to do consistent with what God has revealed in His Word? " this is important because God cannot contradict Himself
  For the Second question. Ask, "am I praying for God's will in this whole matter? We are to ask in faith, believing that God will honors His Word, yet the highest form of faith is praying as Jesus did 'not my will but your, be praying for the appears to be consistent with what God tells you in His Word, you can pray with greater confidence.
   Then you should ask the "will of God be glorified in what I'm asking Him to do? "Praying that your golf game be better than your opponent is suspect, and asking God to let you catch the biggest fish falls outside the line of respectable request.
Take heart in what John write, this is the confidence we have in approaching God; that if we ask anything according to His will he hears us. And if we know that he hears us whatever we ask-- we know that we have what we asked of Him. (1John 5:14-15).