Okay, now that we've started the right way, let's keep going:
"You do not have, because you do not ask God." - James 4:2d(NIV)
So there are a few things lately that I really need, and I must confess that I haven't been as diligent as I ought to in talking to God about them. I've kind of just been thinking and worrying and doing, but not really asking the Creator of the universe to work on my behalf regarding them. When I finally did get around to talking to Him about one of these matters, it ended up being more of a question like, "Why hasn't this been solved, yet, Lord?" He gently whispered the verse above to my heart. Guess what I did immediately?
And how about this one:
"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. You parents—if your children ask for a loaf of bread, do you give them a stone instead? Or if they ask for a fish, do you give them a snake? Of course not! So if you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good gifts to those who ask him."-Matthew 7:7-11 (NLT)
Does God want to give me the good things I ask for? Duh. Will He provide what is best for his child when I ask according to His will? I repeat: Duh.
How? I don't know yet. A lot of what I'm asking for does not have an easy solution. Most of these things are issues that no amount of brainstorming on my part will fix. Almost everything I'm asking Him for has nothing to do with anything I have the least bit of control over. I'm literally taking them to His capable Hands and dumping them. Not because I'm giving up. Because it's the best option for success.
“Humanly speaking, it is impossible. But with God everything is possible.” -Matthew 19:26b (NLT)
What do you need to ask God for today? What can you dump into His hands and watch Him do the impossible? Have you asked Him to bless your group this term? Have you requested that He use you as His tool to touch lives with love and grace? Have you sought His will for your leadership?
Let's be askers - He tells us to, after all.
1 comment:
I completely agree- AMEN! It's so hard sometimes, to let go and let God. But I've learned the hard way that it's actually easier in the long run. I have learned to take everything to the Throne. If He can create everything in the Heavens and Earth, then he can surely do ANYTHING. God is the same yesterday, today and forever. Don't forget the miracles He did in the Biblical times can still be done today.
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