James 4:2-3
You want something but don't get it. You kill and covet, but you cannot have what you want. You quarrel and fight. You do not have, because you do not ask God. When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures. (NIVUK)

Often time we seek God for a spiritual walk with Him, and then we have those that seek after God for personal gain. We live in a world that offers a great variety of pleasures. Sometimes we can become envious of others because we don't have what they have. Therefore we begin to want what they have because we feel we deserve it. There's times when people only seek God because they are wanting God to bless them. So they call on Him as if He is a genie in a bottle. But I am here to tell you Jesus is not a genie in a bottle. First of all God has given us liberty so why would we want Him to be locked up as if He is a prisoner. That's how He feels when we put Him away after He has bless us. We put Him in a bottle, as if He is a genie and only call Him when we want something. As you see, the scripture tells you that you have not because you ask not. However, we will not receive anything if we ask for the wrong reason. God said it is His pleasure to bless us, but yet we also must be abiding in God's will if we expect Him to give us want we need and not what we want, because of the wrong motive. We must remember that we have access to the name and our blessings can be unlimited if we keep God commandment. So remember Jesus is not a genie in a bottle that you can call on only when you want sometime. But remember the 10th commandment and the last part of that is thy shall not covet anything of thy neighbor's. Also do not covet for those things that is not if God. Remember Jesus is not a genie in a bottle. He does not grant us wishes, He blesses us when we are following the commandments of God.
God Bless

Eustine Harper