Sunday, April 6, 2014

Ask God


God wants to give us what we ask for.

Even sometimes when we ask for things that don't correspond with his will and we are adamant enough, he will grant us those things. Of course he knows that some things will end badly, and of course he knows that we will learn from it, and it kills him.

He doesn't just want us to claim a portion of what he has for us, He wants us to receive all of it!
This includes, but is certainly not limited to, healing, good finances, a healthy family, good relationships, and a sound mind.

We are the children of God and we are allowed to run after the Father and ask him for our needs.
Because we have been crucified with Christ (Romans 6) and have been set free from sin, we are allowed to run into the throne room and jump into God's lap and ask him for healing and counsel and love and comfort and an array of other amazing things.

Luke 11 : 9- 10 "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. For everyone who asks will receive; he who seeks, finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened." - Jesus 

Jesus uses the word "everyone" because that is legitimately what he means. God doesn't want a small, selective group of his kids to go to live at home with him, He wants all of his kids!

God doesn't choose favorites. 

He literally has the most kids to choose from, he can see their hearts and intentions and knows everything about them. It would be so simple to choose an elite group of people that he really adores, but he chooses not to because it doesn't matter to him. He genuinely does not have a scale to measure how much he loves us individually.
He could never love us less, and He could never loves us more, and that really says something.
He doesn't care about the bad things we've done that has labeled us as unworthy by human standards.

He wants to have a relationship with the drug addict.

He loves the heart of the prostitute and wants her to see him as her father.

He adores the homosexual that has no idea why he was made this way.

He delights in the murderer because he sees past the aggression and rage.

He cherishes the man that has cheated on his wife with countless women.

God doesn't care about what we have done that makes us hate ourselves.
All he cares about is a relationship with us and a bond that allows us to repair our lives and cleanse the hurt that the devil has inflicted us with.

We just need to believe in what Jesus has blessed us with and relax in the overwhelming grace of the Father.
It's not going to be painless because he loves us enough to accept us for who we are, but he also loves us enough to not let us stay that way, and that takes sacrifice.
Ultimately, every improvement that God imposes on our lives moves us closer to a life that is more enjoyable, more comforted, and more adventurous.

And that's exciting.

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