Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him. 1Jo5.14-15 NKJV
We may very well wonder, that if it is God's will to give us something, why do we need to ask for it at all? Doesn’t a good father provide what is needed for his children without their asking? Well in some instances of course he does, and apart of the reason we say he is a good father at all is because he is doing what God tells good fathers to do and what God the Father does every day when He send the rain on the just and the unjust. God is certainly a good father. His actions have defined Fatherhood.
But when Christ told us to ask for bread, and, to ask for it every day, He was telling us that our need is as much in the asking as it is in what we are asking for. Let me repeat this to my heart, for it bears repeating. My need is to ask not just what I am asking for. When we ask something from the Creator, we are doing what we were created to do. Prayer plays out the relationship of creature to Creator. God is the source of all blessings. When we pray, we both acknowledge this and we rightly draw from that source. God is glorified not only by answering our prayers but also in the prayers themselves. Our greatest need is expressed and met when we ask. God's greatest glory is expressed and experienced when we ask. Prayer itself is our greatest need, and expresses God’s greatest glory. Ask Him! 5/2/07 ts
Just me trying to be honest with God.
