We often approach God with the things we want, hoping that God will give us some of the things we ask of him. That approach to God is not what Scripture prescribes. God is our Father and we are his children. Do you want your children to be “partially blessed,” or do you want your children to be greatly blessed? 

If we as parents want to give good gifts, how much more does our Father in heaven want to abundantly bless his children with good gifts?

Our approach to God should be as a child to their father. We approach God:

Confident that we are loved

Knowing that he is worthy of our awe and reverence

Aware that his ways are higher than our own

With the gratitude of one who humbly receives what has not been earned

The apostle Paul told the Ephesian church to praise God, “who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us.” We approach our Father with the understanding that he wants to give more than we know to ask for. God wants to bless our lives with an abundance that only he understands we need. 

We need to remember that God will always “out-give” our requests. We also need to remember that God’s blessings are about so much more than the “stuff” of life. We want our children to have material things, but, even more, we want them to have the spiritual blessings that mark a life that belongs to and is favored by Jesus.

The Holy Spirit of Christ is at work within us, guiding us along a path of righteousness that God will be able to abundantly bless. God will bless all he can but will not bless what is not blessable.

Living with wisdom is a path to God’s blessings. His blessings are far more than we can ask or imagine. We need to remember who we are in Christ Jesus and know that our heavenly Father wants nothing more than to pour his abundance into our lives. We can strive to live wisely, keeping our lives on God’s path of wisdom, his path of blessing.