Everyone who asks receives… —Luke 11:10
“Ask if you have not received. There is nothing more
difficult than asking. We will have yearnings and desires for certain things,
and even suffer as a result of their going unfulfilled, but not until we are at
the limit of desperation will we ask. It is the sense of not being spiritually
real that causes us to ask. Have you ever asked out of the depths of your total
insufficiency and poverty? “If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God…”
(James 1:5), but be sure that you do lack wisdom before you ask. You cannot
bring yourself to the point of spiritual reality anytime you choose. The best
thing to do, once you realize you are not spiritually real, is to ask God for
the Holy Spirit, basing your request on the promise of Jesus Christ (see Luke
11:13). The Holy Spirit is the one who makes everything that Jesus did for you
real in your life.” CHAMBERS
This idea of asking and receiving has been a stumbling block
for many. Does the Bible really say that
God will give me whatever I ask for, if I only believe enough? It is that thinking that gave birth to “name
it and claim it”. Health and wealth. As if that is the essence of who we are in
Christ. And if you are not healthy and
not wealthy then you are not right spiritually. If the first thing that comes to your mind
when you think about asking and receiving has to do with personal comfort ..
alleviation of some problem that you are facing … in my thinking … that merely
confirms what the Bible says … our old nature is preoccupied with what
satisfies the flesh, the eyes and our pride.
(1 John 2:16) Our faith can become a means to satisfy those desires and not to crucify
them.
Am I hedging on bringing understanding to what Luke 11:10
means? I don’t think so. I want to bring context to it. You see, the
question is motive . .having a pure heart when we approach God … loving Him
with all our heart … pushing out anything that would set itself up as more
important than our trust in Him. Does
that mean that God will not answer prayers .. no of course not … what it means
is that when we approach God with a pure heart … whatever God’s answer is will
satisfy us. Let me put it another way …
Ask and you will receive an answer from God … Whatever that answer is … it will
be the right one … the question is, will you accept it? ELGIN
Bondye Beni Ou (God Bless You)
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