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Mathew 7:11
NKJV
If you then,
being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will
your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!
NLT
So if you sinful
people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your
heavenly Father give good gifts to those who ask him.
God is my Father, He loves
me, and I l will never think of anything that He will forget, so why should I worry?
Prayer is not only asking, but is an attitude of the mind which produces the in
which asking is perfectly natural – Oswald Chambers
God is a father—your Father
in heaven—who gives good things to those who ask because that's what fathers
do. It is in the nature of God to give good gifts to those who make their
requests in humility and sincerity. Of course, Jesus will also clarify elsewhere
that nobody can come to the Father in this way except through Jesus, Himself (John 6:28–29; ). – Bibleref.net
I have prayed with all my
heart for someone to be healed and they still passed from the world. I have
seen other people healed after praying with the same fervent prayer. We ask
ourselves how is this possible? I believe that at times I have prayed in Cory’s
will, meaning I was praying for what I wanted, not what God wanted for that
person. This goes for anything, or anybody, that we pray for or about. We want
to be in step with God, to have our hearts and minds in line with what God
wants for His people (us included). God is ready to hear and answer every
prayer we have, but to answer in His will…not ours. He will always respond in
our best interest, with good things.
But, if we’re sitting here
in the midst of our grief and hurt…it’s a lot harder to be at peace with the
answer we have had for our prayers. We ask questions like, “how can God do
this?” and “doesn’t God even care?” I
know, because I have asked those same questions myself. It doesn’t seem fair,
and it doesn’t seem right; but there we are…right in the middle of our pain and
chaos. This is where our faith needs to kick in. This is where we take stock on
what we believe about God and lean into that.
So let’s make sure what we believe
about God. Do we believe that God is love (1 John 4:8);
that He is still the same (2 Peter 3:9);
that He is light and has no darkness (1 John 1:5);
That joy comes in the morning (Psalm 30:5);
that His way is perfect and we can take refuge in Him (Psalm 18:30);
That He will strengthen and uphold us (Isaiah 41:10); That He
will never leave us or forsake us (Hebrews 13:5);
That He will bring peace in our pain (Philippians
4:7)? I could go on and on about the promises of God.
It's hard to remember the
promises of God when we are in our pain and chaos; but that’s exactly where we
should seek out those promises. God is always faithful and trustworthy and He
answers prayer for out good…even when we can’t see it right away.
Pray and Rest,
Pastor Cory
