Ask, Part 2
by Keith Brenton
"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 receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.
"Which of you fathers, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead? Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!"
When we teach, speak, write, and act on behalf of Christ's cause - representing Him to those who don't know Him - there is a partnership between the One who gives and the ones who ask. We ask. He gives. But we need to ask. We need to remember Who it is that gives; that we are not self-sustaining. We need to ask, not to let Him know that we need - because He already does - but because we need to remember what we need and from Whom we need it.
What do we ask for? Do we ask for His Holy Spirit?
Do we even ask?
"Which of you fathers, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead? Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!"
When we teach, speak, write, and act on behalf of Christ's cause - representing Him to those who don't know Him - there is a partnership between the One who gives and the ones who ask. We ask. He gives. But we need to ask. We need to remember Who it is that gives; that we are not self-sustaining. We need to ask, not to let Him know that we need - because He already does - but because we need to remember what we need and from Whom we need it.
What do we ask for? Do we ask for His Holy Spirit?
Do we even ask?
posted at 6/13/2008 06:52:00 AM
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