“Good Gifts”
“Ask, and it will be given to you. Search,
and you will find. Knock, and the door will be opened
to you. Everyone who asks will receive. He who searches will find. The door
will be opened to the one who knocks.”
"Suppose
your son asks for bread. Which of you will give him a stone? Or suppose he asks
for a fish. Which of you will give him a snake? Even though you are evil, you
know how to give good gifts to your children. How much more will your Father
who is in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!”
Matthew 7:7-11
If
you have a dog and you sit down at the dinner table, the dog will wait
anxiously for you to give him a piece of steak. And when you do, he will come
back for more. The dog knows we have something special to give.
What
about God? If He has something good for us, why do we sometimes wring our hands
and hope that it won’t be too far out of our comfort zones? God will give us
good gifts, in His time, and in His own special way. We need to wait, and have
patience, similar to our dogs wagging their tails as they wait for a tasty
morsel of food. Pray to God to surprise you, and He
will!
Prayer without expectancy is unbelief in disguise.
Our Daily Bread –