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The Answer Is Already a No If You Don’t Ask
The Answer Is Already a No If You Don’t Ask
Matthew 7:7-8
““Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.” Matthew 7:7-8 NKJV
One of my bosses used to say to me - You’ve got to ask, because the answer is already a no if you don’t ask.
The first time I heard him say that I had to ponder it. And I could see it made logical sense.
And I have tried it in a number of cases and found that it is absolutely true - like asking for discounts, asking for favor - oh I used to fear hearing “No” when I ask people for favor, so I just wouldn’t ask.
But it becomes even more of a disservice to me, if I now approach God with such fear - fear of God saying no to my request. At a point - I coated it as “contentment” before God - I was not asking for more and when I did, I was very modest in my asking.
But what I have realized over time is - we demonstrate our trust in God’s ability to provide and grant our requests when we are lavish with our asking.
When next you want to ask God something, picture your child asking you - how will you feel if your child asks timidly and small vs. when he/she asks proudly and affirms you are able to do what you ask.
“Or what man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent? If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him! Matthew 7:9-11 NKJV
Let us pray:
Dear heaven father, we thank you because it pleases you to grant us the desires of our heart. Daddy we pray that you give us the grace to always ask in faith and in accordance to your will. In Jesus' mighty name we pray. Amen! Amen!! Amen!!!
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The Answer Is Already a No If You Don’t Ask
Matthew 7:7-8
““Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.” Matthew 7:7-8 NKJV
One of my bosses used to say to me - You’ve got to ask, because the answer is already a no if you don’t ask.
The first time I heard him say that I had to ponder it. And I could see it made logical sense.
And I have tried it in a number of cases and found that it is absolutely true - like asking for discounts, asking for favor - oh I used to fear hearing “No” when I ask people for favor, so I just wouldn’t ask.
But it becomes even more of a disservice to me, if I now approach God with such fear - fear of God saying no to my request. At a point - I coated it as “contentment” before God - I was not asking for more and when I did, I was very modest in my asking.
But what I have realized over time is - we demonstrate our trust in God’s ability to provide and grant our requests when we are lavish with our asking.
When next you want to ask God something, picture your child asking you - how will you feel if your child asks timidly and small vs. when he/she asks proudly and affirms you are able to do what you ask.
“Or what man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent? If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him! Matthew 7:9-11 NKJV
Let us pray:
Dear heaven father, we thank you because it pleases you to grant us the desires of our heart. Daddy we pray that you give us the grace to always ask in faith and in accordance to your will. In Jesus' mighty name we pray. Amen! Amen!! Amen!!!