Luke 11:13
“If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!” (NIV)
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I have to learn to pray for the right things. Just as a good father would not want to spoil his children by giving them everything that was asked, especially those things that were dangerous or bad for the children - I should understand that God is infinitely wiser than any human father could be. He answers my prayers as HE knows is best for me. I pray to have more faith in God and bow to his wisdom and love.
AH! one of my favorite verse which helped me a great deal early this year.
As Sue Jin said, God knows what is best for me and I have to fully trust in him.
Sometimes I feel the waiting time for our prayer to be answered are the times when he sees how much trust we have in him. Like our first Group QT, we must "be still."
During the waiting time, I also think that waiting time is for us to train ourselves to be ready for the answer we receive...
I agree much with the comments abovementioned from our you... However, I also think I must ask, seek and knock more persistently and and with confidence, knowing that I have the Holy Spirit as my personal mediator between God and me. I think I should have some appreciation toward the fact that God poured out His Holy Spirit to me, who listens to me and cares for me. The more I rely on the Holy Spirit, the more intimate my relationship will be to Christ. By building up my relationship with Christ, I will be able to believe Him more, being fully convinced that God knows what is best for me.
Great insights as usual, peoples. These verses remind me that I am to have assurance and trust in God as I lift up my prayers and requests. It also tells me that has promised the gift of the Holy Spirit. I need to practically acknowledge every day that I, on my own, do not have the strength, courage, wisdom and endurance to desire and do the right thing. But with God (the promised gift of the Holy Spirit), I want to have faith that I can.
here are my thoughts (before reading any other posted messages)which i never got a chance to submit yesterday ...
1) evil is a harsh word and coming to grips with it in relation to ourselves is not easy. it's interesting to note how black-and-white the "being sinless" (i.e. holy) vs "being sinful" (i.e. evil) issue is. one little sin and you are instantly evil. it's really interesting to consider what other issues in the bible are presented as black-and-white like this instead of shades-of-gray (like what it takes to be a true christian).
2) for me, this verse emphasizes the "how much more" idea in an especially comforting way. first, there are few motivations stronger than wanting to give your own child the very best of everything. and most of the time this is felt automatically without your child having to ask for anything. now imagine how much more motivated you would be if your child actually asked for your help. and what if it was for something that he/she truly needed? not just something that impacted them today but for the rest of his/her life? how about if it was for eternity?
this gives us a seedling notion of what God's full love for us might be like.
3) finally, the exclamation mark at the end of the verse really caught me eye. when Jesus says something with an exclamation mark, you know you should pay attention even more than usual. interestingly, i looked at some other translations of this verse and noticed that they sometimes use a question mark instead! now how interesting is that? i did some background reading and learned that original manuscripts did not have any puncuation or spacing -- the only separations were the books themselves. there are implications to this for our QT that i'd like to discuss at our next bible study.
reading everyone's comments reminds me of how ultimately important prayer is in communicating with God. i need to better balance my thinking-praying ratio.
amen
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