Ask

My husband has a big heart towards little children.  I call it the 'Grandpa-Syndrome.'  Our grandchildren live far away, so he has to spoil the children at church, and it doesn't take long for the little ones to learn just who will do the spoiling!  It happened just last night during an After-Service-Fellowship.  My husband was talking with a friend, when a no-more-than-two little girl walked up to him, lifted up her arms and said, 'Donut!'  Now, who could resist such a request?  Not my husband!  As the child's mother looked on, my husband lifted the child into his arms and they both went to get the yummy treat.

I couldn't help but think of Matthew 7:7-11.

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:  For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.  Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?  If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?

This little girl knew who to ask for a donut.

I know Who to ask when I need something too, my Heavenly Father.  He is just waiting for me to draw near, lift up my arms and make my request.  He will lift me up into His arms and He will meet my need.  He has never let me down.  Do I always get what I ask for?  No.  Sometimes I ask for the wrong things, and because God loves me so much, He will have to tell me no. But when I ask according to His Will, He answers in ways much more than I could have ever expected!

God knows my requests even before I ask, but I ask Him anyway.  Why?  Because He is my Father, He loves me, and He wants to give me good gifts.  It allows my Faith to grow!

    But that's just me!

"True prayer is asking God what HE wants."  William Barclay