Verbalize to God What You Want; He's Not a Killjoy (TMF:903)

Wednesday, June 06, 2018
Peace to Live By: Verbalize to God What You Want; He's Not a Killjoy (TMF:903) - Daniel Litton
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       Jesus said: “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. Or which one of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent? If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him” (7-11, ESV). We ask with our mouths. We should ask God what we want because we believe that God will give it to us. And Jesus so clearly points out that God is not a killjoy; he is not eager and wanting to let us down. Jesus showed us that if even an “evil” human person can give good things to his child, then God surely can and will give good things to those who ask him. But, we have to believe that he will. Often we ask, but we don’t really believe, and therefore we don’t receive.