As God's children we must first act according to what He asks and then we will receive the desired blessings and promises. We often complain about not seeing God's hand in our lives, but God is present every day but we just are unable to recognize Him, and is we add that we want God to fulfill a promise He made but ignore a friend who needs help, then we are also not being consistent with what we ask or do. Don't miss out on a blessing just because it is not packaged the way you expected.