But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns of praise to God, and the prisoners were listening to them; and suddenly there came a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison house were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened and everyone's chains were unfastened.
Acts 16:25-26

Doing the right thing is no guarantee that we will be supernaturally delivered from trouble. Life is often tough, and there is no magic wand or incantation that will axiomatically change undesirable circumstances.

Consider Paul who later prayed three times to be delivered from his “thorn in the flesh”. Was he delivered? Nope! Instead, God told him, “My grace is sufficient for you.” (2 Corinthians 12:9)

Consider the Lord Jesus. In the Garden of Gethsemane, just hours before His crucifixion, Jesus prayed that He not have to drink the cup of God’s wrath. He prayed three times! But each time He concluded His prayer for deliverance, with the words, “Not my will but Yours (His Father’s) will be done.”

No, there is no special prayer that will change our circumstances, but as we pray, trusting the Lord, we can experience a spiritual deliverance, even if the desired physical deliverance is not forthcoming. As we pray in faith, God loosens our chains and opens the doors of our spiritual imprisonments, giving us joy to sing—even if our circumstances remain the unchained.

Doing the right thing is no guarantee that we will be supernaturally delivered from trouble. But doing the right thing is still the right thing. And doing the right thing never hurts!