Like father, like daughter

 In today's first reading (John 3:22-30), the apostle John tells us that whatever it is we ask of God, if it is according to His will, He will grant us.
Sounds tricky.
What is the use of asking God for something when I am sure that He is not going to give it to me if it is not what He wants? Or, Why do I need to still pray for something which is already according to God's plan?
When I focus my attention on prayer as twisting God's arm, indeed prayer doesn't make sense.
However, when I look at prayer from another light, I think this passage from John makes sense.
Prayer is an expression of my being God's child. A son or a daughter is, normally, not afraid nor embarrassed to ask from their parents. It is something natural. In this sense, the more I ask God for something, the more I express my daughter-ship.
And the more I grow in my daughter-ship, the more my interests, my concerns, my tastes become similar to my Father's... and in a sense we become one, one mind and one heart.
And this is prayer's journey - to become more and more like my Heavenly Father.