When we go before God with a request, Jesus promises us that God will listen.
God responds to our requests as a loving father responds to his child. He listens patiently and then discerns what is best for his child. But if the child never asks, the father will still do what he feels is best for his child.
God is quite similar. He wants us to come to Him; to ask Him for what is on our heart. However, if we do not ask, He will still do what is best for us. Sometimes, what is best for each of us is a path we would not choose on our own, but we have to trust God, as we would trust our fathers that the path He has placed us on is the best one to travel.
Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. (Matthew 7:7)
God wants us to be active in our faith. He wants us to come to Him. He wants us to ask Him for guidance, for direction, for comfort, for...for everything. When we do not go to God first, we run the risk of walking outside of the path that God has created for each of us. If we do not first seek out His desire for our lives, we will be placing our will above His and will likely fall into sin...the sin of pride.
When we think that our way is the right way without first seeking out God, we essentially tell God that we do not need Him...when in fact He is all we need.
Go to God. Ask Him for the desires of your heart. Ask Him for direction in your life. Ask Him. He will always listen and He will always welcome you.
Ask.Seek.Knock...Pretty simple steps to follow to step out on God's path for your life.
Scripture
Quote of the Day
Christ encourages fervency and constancy in prayer. We must come for what we
need, as a man does to his neighbour or friend, who is kind to him. If God does not answer our prayers
speedily, yet he will in due time, if we continue to pray. Observe what to pray
for... For by
the influences of the Holy Spirit we are brought to know God and ourselves, to
repent, believe in, and love Christ, and so are made comfortable in this world,
and meet for happiness in the next. All these blessings our heavenly Father is
more ready to bestow on every one that asks for them, than an indulgent parent
is to give food to a hungry child. And this is the advantage of the prayer of
faith, that it quiets and establishes the heart in God. (Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary)
Question of the Day
What request have you not gone to God with? Will you go today?
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