In ESB, while chasing down Princess Leia, Han, Chewie, and the droids through an asteroid field, the Imperial ships are taking damage and unable to communicate clearly.
When Admiral Piett informs Darth Vader, “The Emperor commands you to make contact with him.” Vader instructs him, “Move the ship out of the asteroid field so that we can send a clear transmission.”
While God will never command you to make contact with Him (but we are to be praying continually per 1 Thessalonians 5:17), this scene shows that we need to remove things from our lives that clutter up the communication lines we have with God.
James 4:3 warns us that when we “ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions.”
When we know the will of God for a situation, it is disobedience to continue to pray for God’s will regarding that situation. This disobedience will hinder our prayers per 1 John 3:21-22.
When we ask for things outside of God’s will, He will not answer “Yes” to those prayers, per 1 John 5:14-15.
The good news is that as believers in Jesus who have put our faith and trust in Him, we can, according to Hebrews 4:16, “then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.”
We can know His will if we, per Romans 12:2, “Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.”
We then can find peace in Philippians 4:6, where we are told, “do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.”
