Charles Spurgeon said:
"Whether we like it or not, asking is the rule of the kingdom.
"Ask, and ye shall receive" (John 16:24)
It is a rule that never will be altered in anybody's case. Our Lord Jesus Christ is the elder brother of the family, but God has not relaxed the rule even for Him. Remember this text: Jehovah says to His own Son, "Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession" (Ps. 2:8)
If the royal and divine Son of God cannot be exempted from the rule of asking that He may have, you and I cannot expect the rule to be relaxed in our favor. Why should it be?
We need not turn our asking into a shopping list of sorts, that only reflect our fleshly desires and wants. I remember a message I heard that said, "We ask to receive, so that we may give away what we have received." In other words, our lives should be a conduit through which the divine will of God flows, reaching out to others that do not know of this Jesus who saved us not only from the penalty of sin, but from ourselves and our selfish wants.
Chew on this bone today, and see if God would speak to you!
God on you....
michael b.
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