What are you willing to ask for from God? Will you ask for something hard? Will you ask for your deepest desire? Will you ask for the impossible? Do you trust God can deliver whatever you ask from him? Will you accept his answer, even if it is no?
We often ask God for things we want, but those wants are not deep desires. We ask God for things we think are hard, but we don’t really believe he will give them to us. We dare not ask for what we think is impossible for fear that God will not grant it, or worse, he can’t.
Fear stops us from approaching God so many times. Think about it. What is it in your life that seems impossible or has in the past and you have not asked for God’s help. If we are honest with ourselves, we all have something we are afraid to ask God for or have had something at some point in our past. If not, we will experience at least one impossible thing during our lives.
A gentile woman came to Jesus to ask Him to cast a demon out of her daughter. She didn’t bring her daughter with her. She knew He was Jewish. Likely, she feared He wouldn’t even see her. Yet, she went. She begged. She argued with Him. In the end, Jesus granted her request, largely because of her persistence and her faith in Him.
We would do well to learn the lesson from this woman. Do not fear going to God with the hard things or the impossible things. Be persistent in asking for what we believe is needed. We need to be desperate in our asking. We should lay our hearts bare to God, making our deepest desires known and trust that he will provide.
I pray we all approach God without fear. I pray we make our deepest desires known to him. I pray each one of us bare our hearts to God and trust him to provide what we need. Have no fear. Go to God. Go with a humble heart. Lay your heart bare. Ask for the impossible.
Mark 7:28-29 But she answered him, “Sir, even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.” Then he said to her, “For saying that, you may go—the demon has left your daughter.”
Marty Pressey 