Ask And It Given Will Be Given

^{Luke: 11: 5-13}

^{Pray With Trust And Audacity}

⁵ Then Jesus said to them, “Suppose you have a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread; ⁶ a friend of mine on a journey has come to me, and I have no food to offer him.’ ⁷ And suppose the one inside answers, ‘Don’t bother me. The door is already locked, and my children and I are in bed. I can’t get up and give you anything.’ ⁸ I tell you, even though he will not get up and give you the bread because of friendship, yet because of your shameless audacity he will surely get up and give you as much as you need.

⁹ “So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. ¹⁰ For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

¹¹ “Which of you fathers, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead? ¹² Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? ¹³ If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”

It seems like we are always asking God for something, that our needs are endless or that we are never satisfied.  Should we be ashamed of this? Evidently  not.  Jesus is clear.  ASK AND YOU SHALL RECEIVE.  The WHEN is what bothers us and makes us wonder if he hears our prayers or will ever answer them.  Jesus assures us that we need to trust and just keep asking.  God is "in charge" and in "HIS TIME" or for OUR GOOD he will EVENTUALLY answer our prayers.  May we grow in trust and audacity, as we ponder God's loving, Fatherly care for us, remembering that FATHER KNOWS BEST!.

Bro. Rene