Never A Passive Ask

 

Ask,

and it will be given to you.

Seek,

and you will find.

Knock,

and it will be opened to you.

           Matthew 7. 7

("Did it even occur to you

      to ask Me?"

God always responds

  when we ask and pursue

  His will and His way

in whatever is before us.

Prayer is not telling God what to do,

nor wishful thinking,

nor dumping a list

           of our wants

    before the Almighty,

nor a passive ask.

God does not just provide

    a set of instructions,

but He reveals Himself,

sometimes in unexpected ways,

sometimes one step first

     and then another,

sometimes to wait

  and stay faithfully doing

  right where we are.

We may not be yet ready

   for the trail ahead.

Prayer is an active pursuit,

seeking God about this situation,

  so that we can hit the road,

  shoes tied on,

     ready to run with Him.)

O LORD,

May we come before You

   with our concerns,

   and our messes,

   and what we don't even know

         to ask.

Guide us in Your will in this.

Help us to not just ask,

    but listen and respond.

Grant to us fresh hearts

  in hard situations

that we might not just

   see things differently,

   or do something different,

but realize Your way

   opens up new paths

          for Your glory,

even in difficulties,

even in the familiar,

even on ordinary days

   which are never so ordinary.

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