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Thursday, October
25, 2007
Asking For It
As with any
relationship you will find that communication is vital to maintaining a
long lasting healthy union. Knowing, not just guessing how to communicate
with our Father is very important as well, your prayer life being an open
line of communication between you and the Father through His Son Jesus
Christ on a daily basis.
Matthew 7:7-8 Ask,
and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be
opened unto you: (8) For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that
seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. (KJV)
Knowing what to
ask for and where to look for the answer is what will allow you to have an
open door policy between you and the Father.
Matthew 6:7-8 But
when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think
that they shall be heard for their much speaking. (8) Be not ye therefore
like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before
ye ask him. (KJV)
When you petition
the Lord keep in mind that the Lord heard you the first time, He doesn’t
forget. Communication is a two way street; now that you have made the
petition be still and listen to His response. If you don’t like the answer
you get, maybe you need to rethink your request.
James 4:2-3 Ye
lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye
fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. (3) Ye ask, and receive
not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts. (KJV)
Are you truly
asking for something that is beneficial to your Christian walk, or are you
seeking something else to satisfy the desires of the flesh which will
hinder your walk.
Psalms 37:4-5 Delight
thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine
heart. (5) Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall
bring it to pass. (KJV)
Now many have
claimed all they need to do is name it, claim it and it will come to pass.
The word of God says clearly that He will give you the desires of the
heart. But the question is, now that you have come to a working knowledge
of Jesus Christ and His plan of salvation, and the fact that He has taken
out the old stony heart and given us a new heart to work with, would not
your desire now be the things of God and not the things of this realm only?
1 John 5:14-15 And
this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing
according to his will, he heareth us: (15) And if we know that he hear us,
whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of
him. (KJV)
A confident prayer
life is a reflection of your walk with Christ, without one you will not
have the other. The will of God is to deliver us from this present evil
world, so why would you ask for things that would just keep you in bondage
to the things of this life?
Genesis 3:6-7 And
when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was
pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took
of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her;
and he did eat. (7) And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew
that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made
themselves aprons. (KJV)
Beware of cheap
imitations. Things that look good to the flesh and appeal to our lower
nature are nothing less than the trap of the devil to keep you snared and
entangled in the realm of the lower nature. All that glitters is not always
gold; the devil is willing to show you the highlights but not the consequences,
which can be lethal to the spirit man. Are you seeking to be clothed with a
robe of righteousness, or have you been stripped bare and exposed to the
elements?
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