Thursday, May 12, 2016
We May Not Know
Today it occurred to me that often we pray and ask our Father to help us. Life goes on and we sometimes think that nothing is happening with our prayer. The question is, how do we judge that decision? We can judge based on our physical perception. But is that the best way to jude, is that the only way to judge? Perhaps not to both. Perhaps a better way to judge is to go by what the scriptures say.
John 14:12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.
13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
14 If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.
It seems that our Messiah said that what we ask, He will do. Obviously, it has to align with the path that our Father has laid out, with His will and His ways. But He will do it. So, the question we must ask and answer for ourselves is, do we believe what our Messiah said? If so, then we have it.
1 John 5:14 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.
So if we do believe the scriptures, then we should know that we have our petition. If we believe that, then what would be a reasonable response? The answer can be found in asking the same question about what we request from others here on earth. If we ask someone for something and they give it to us, what do we say? Thank you.
Today, let’s thank our Father for giving us what we ask when we ask, and then wait with eager expectation (hope) for it to come to pass.
Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You alone are King. Thank You for hearing us. Thank You for granting our petitions. We praise the name Yahuah! Send us today Your overwhelming provision. Forgive us our sins. Heal us up inside. We are a broken people. Mend us Father. Deliver us from the thief that steals and destroys. Restore unto Your people one hundred times one hundredfold. We ask these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). Amen.