Ask

Have you ever had a season when you keep hearing the same message over and over again? You know, when the lyrics on the radio seem to match the road-side billboard and the Sunday sermon and the topic of conversation among your friends? It is as if you’re in a movie where everything is scripted. Just for you.

I’m currently starring in that movie and the message I keep hearing is, “Ask Me.”

I can remember sitting in my Sunday school class as a little girl learning Matthew 7:7.

Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.

My little five-year-old-self felt like I had been given the magic words to get anything I want! I mean, it’s right there in the BIBLE!! Then, I got bumped and bruised by life. Disappointments came from out of nowhere. Questions entered my mind, quickly followed by shame over having questions. And somewhere along the way, I stopped asking.

I knew God could do anything for me, but would He? 

Well, yes he would. And has. And will continue to. His determination to take the cross for me is all the proof I need. That act alone has flung the doors of Heaven wide open for me. And His faithfulness has demonstrated that He wants His very best for me. That is why I don’t always get what I ask for. Although I think I know what’s best for me, the fact is that only He does. So He lovingly invites me in, delights in hearing my prayers, and holds me close. Then He answers my prayers and provides for my needs according to the riches of His glory in Christ Jesus – provision with wisdom. The yeses and the nos. The ways I want and the ways I don’t.

But first, we must ask.

May I encourage you to be bold again? To trust? To be willing to not get the answer you want, but brave enough to trust your Father to give you what is best for you? I promise that His loving response will always begin with…

You are adored.