Why Don't We Ask?

This morning as I was in the Word, I was pondering a text that is familiar to most, I am sure. It is in Luke 11, just after Jesus has shared the Lord's Prayer with His disciples, he continues on to tell the story of a man heading out on a journey. The story is told that this man needs some bread to take with him on his trip and so late at night he arrives at the house of a friend and asks for three loaves. Jesus says that this friend will not get out of bed to give the bread because of their friendship, but because of his BOLDNESS he will give him as much as he needs. Immediately following, comes the verse most of us learned as children, "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you."

I don't know about you, but when I was younger and many times since, I have understood that verse to mean that if we asked Jesus into our heart, He would come in. This is true and may still be a valid application, but God has challenged my heart in a newer way - you see, the verse follows directly after the story of the man needing bread and if we are taking the scripture from the full context this cannot be overlooked. What am I getting at?
For us, as moms, we struggle to meet the daily demands that can be placed on us some days, don't we? We feel like there is more to do than can be done...there are more squabbles than we care to mediate....there is more laundry than we want to fold...there are more bills than we have the funds to cover...the list could go on and on. BUT my point is this, God is a God of infinite resource and ability. The story Jesus told shows He is willing to provide not just because of His "friendship" but because of our "boldness" in asking. WHY DON'T WE ASK?

James 1:5 says "If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to ALL without finding fault, and it WILL BE given to him." We all need wisdom and need to ask the Lord , claiming this verse and I believe we will receive it. I have experienced it over and over...but tie that together with Luke 11:8 where is says "Because of the man's boldness he will get up and give him as much as he needs." I believe you have a combination that allows us to boldly go to God with all of our daily needs, challenges and problems and receive ALL that we require and more.

The hardest part of the battle is in our minds, if we can take captive those thoughts and make them obedient to Christ (II Cor. 10:5), then we can move into our problems with the FAITH to know God will give us all we need!

Go into the new day being the Mom that God has made you to be, in His strength, in His power and in His joy!