All You Have To Do Is Ask!
"You lust and do not have. You murder
and covet and cannot obtain. You fight
and war. Yet you do not have because
you do not
ask."
James 4: 2
How many times have we heard these words:
“All you had to do was ask”? What
keeps us
from asking? Fear of being denied, not wanting
to impose or intrude, or thinking we are asking
for too
much?
Apostle James pointed out the same irony in his
epistle: “You do not have because you do not ask.”
In his case, his words were rebuke to his readers
because they were using carnal means for getting
what they wanted or needed instead of
asking
God (James 4:1-2).
And when they did ask, God didn’t
provide because their motives in
asking were worldly (James 4:3).
Jesus talked about asking God in a more
positive
light: “So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to
you. For everyone who asks receives” (Luke 11:
9-10). Don’t just ask once; the Greek form of
“ask” is literally “keep on asking.”
If you need something today, bring your
request to God—with confidence you will
receive His answer (Hebrews 4:16).
"Most Christians expect little from God,
ask little, and therefore receive little,
and are content with little."
A. W. Pink
