I pray more for success than glory. Whether myself or for a project is irrelevant, it’s the same thing. The mistake comes in thinking that they are the same thing for God, that his glory comes also from the success of the project. While this could be true, it might be absolutely untrue. The hardest prayer is for His glory. “God, be glorified” puts my project and my personal well being secondary. They may be scuttled to achieve the objective of exalting God. This was true of Moses too. His plans to free the Israelites were scuttled over and over. They were thwarted by the very God that called him to the job.
Ten times, God called Moses to approach Pharaoh. Ten times, Moses stepped up and planned for success. Ten times, God hardened Pharoah’s heart. Ten times, Moses failed. Or, did he?
I think Moses would have gone back eleven, or twelve, or twenty times. Did you notice that Moses never asked God why? He didn’t complain or resent the failure, he just kept saying yes. Instead of asking God, “show me what to do,” or “fix this situation” Moses kept working for God. So, how many times in would Moses go back to Pharaoh? “Enough,” says Albert Mohler, “that there is no possible way anyone could have mistaken the outcome to be anyone’s other than God’s.”