So many times, the idea of “ask and you shall receive” gets
tainted and twisted. Somewhere along the lines it got in my head that God is a
“vending machine” type of God. My wish is His command and on any given day I
can go to the Lord and “order” whatever it is I want Him to give me. I put the dollar
in and He sends peanut m&m’s out. This thinking is so backwards and is NOT
how the Lord works.
Indeed, the Lord does want to bless me and He wants to give me
the desires of my heart. But He, being a good Master knows what is best for me and
knows I will be blessed only when I have what He has in store for me. The life
I try and build for myself is nothing compared to His plans for me. We are told
he gives liberally and without reproach so YES the Lord wants to bless us! But
the blessings only come when I am surrendered to His will and His plans for me
knowing that His are far better than my own. The blessings come when I align my
will to my Father’s will.
Wisdom isn’t just going to fall from the sky. If I ask the
Lord to give me a Spirit of wisdom, I can be sure He will give me a situation where
that must be practiced. We live in a “vending machine” world. I want it all and
I want it now. But that’s not how the Lord works. Sometimes that bag of chips
has to get stuck or the m&m’s just never come down. In the moment, we don’t
understand but it forces us to have to trust that He does. But if I choose to
be faithful, even when I don’t understand what the Lord is doing, and I work to
align my desires to His, then the Lord will give. And when the Lord does give,
He gives abundantly and exceedingly greater than anything I could have ever
imagined. He is a good Father and is so faithful to provide for His people who
so do not deserve it.
Application: Today I will write two different lists. One with
all of the things that I desire in my heart and another of all that that the
Lord promises to give me when I am submitted to His will. The goal being to
show me that His plans are so much better than my own and is a little step
toward making His desires my desires.
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