Just Ask

You know, one thing that is wonderful about kids is the fact that they aren’t afraid to ask for just about anything. They ask to stay up later than their bed time almost every night. When they get older they ask to borrow the car, to take your money, etc. They ask and ask and ask, knowing that at some point they will probably get what they want.

Contrast that with an adult. I think that years of being told no by others causes people to stop asking for things. The hopefulness of asking as a child has turned into a reality that more than likely we’re not going to get what we are asking for, so we stop asking.

Why do I bring this up? I do so because prayer is often about us asking for one thing or another from God. I think that often we don’t pray because we are afraid that we are not going to get what we are praying for. Instead of expecting to get what we are asking as a child would do, we expect to be let down and get to the point that we don’t even ask.

I’m writing this today to encourage you to just ask! God WANTS to answer your prayers. God wants you to expect to get an answer from Him. He wants to build you up so you can build Him up! It’s time that we all get over the let-down of the world and start expecting Him to take hold of our lives and give us the health, abilities, etc. that He is so willing to give.

Go ahead, I dare you to pray. I dare you to ask Him for those things. Let’s see what happens….together.