Duly Noted: What we ask for...

Again, I'll be brief ::huh::... I'm supposed to be napping, but this just dawned on me.

I've been praying for the Lord to give me a car, and the resources to maintain and use it (gotta ask for what you really need, and all the cords and cables that go with her too). I just tweeted a little bit ago about asking the Lord to bringing me "a nice car soon."

I then thought, "maybe asking for a 'nice car' and 'soon' is a bit much." But then before I could punctuate the sentence with a period, the next thought was, "you believe God can do soooo much, but you think asking for a 'nice car' and 'soon' is a 'bit much?'

I remember hearing a preacher say, sometimes we don't ask for things big enough, we often beg and plead to God for things we can do ourselves. We ask for things that are so simple that we don't offer the Lord the opportunity to do the types of things that would bring about a mighty testimony. We ask for things that would bring the 'God is good' testimony, not the "Excuse me, let me tell you what MY God did for ME!" Mhmm, you know what I mean.

We believe God has done all of these marvelous, majestic and miraculous things but we minimize God's capabilities when it comes to our own lives. Why ask, "Lord please let me find an apartment," when you could ask the Lord, "please bless me to own an apartment complex"? The types of blessings that bless us, but also bring about a blessing for others. Why not ask the Lord to do the grand things that we know God is capable of doing and stop minimizing ourselves and what we want?

Minimizing what we ask for... do we think it is about our lack of faith in the possibilities? That's about us, not about God.

Boldly go before God and ask for the great works that you need in your life, and don't be afraid to ask for what's in your heart... it's not like God doesn't know what's already in there. Right?

Mhmm, noted... duly.

Best,

j.