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Keep On Asking

Wednesday November 25, 2020

When Jesus was teaching His friends about prayer He said this:  Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened. (Matthew 7:7-8 NLT)

God wants us to bring our lives to Him to receive the healing and resources we need to live well today.  Lots of people have taken the sentence above about prayer and asked for things they thought were right for them at that time.  When what they hoped for didn't come, they began to question God about His power and His ability and willingness to help them. 

 Every day of our lives God wants to bless us.  God wants to protect us.  God is willing to lead us and guide us, so we make good choices and desire what is best for us and the plan He has for our lives.  The truth is, we are learning more about God and are only beginning to understand His will for us.  We need to humbly admit that we have lots more to learn. 

"My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,” says the Lord. “And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine. For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so my ways are higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.”  (Isaiah 55:8-9 NLT)

When it seems like God isn't answering our prayers it's time to go a little deeper and ask God for understanding about what's going on.  Maybe the timing is not right for God to give us what we think we need.  Maybe God has a better plan than what we have figured out at this point in our journey.  The foundation for all our prayers is the truth that God is good, that God is listening, and that God has and will give us what He knows we need today. 

Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need. Ask me and I will tell you remarkable secrets you do not know about things to come. (Matthew 6:33, Jeremiah 33:3 NLT)


Prayer:  Heavenly Father, help me to seek You and Your plan for my life.  When I don’t see the answer to my prayer, help me to trust You and keep bringing my needs before You because I knowYou love and care for me.  Amen

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