Excuse Me! I Have A Question!

I got the idea to write this blog after i started a long list of Facebook notes over the years! So to motivate ya a little, i decided I'd give you something older. The beauty of it is that i just reread this today and God used it to re inspire me! God is So Awesome.

So I sit here tonight and thought to myself... God why haven't I been able to write one of these notes through your Holy Spirit in a long time. He made the answer very clear to me...."Bryan why haven't you asked?" I felt dumb as I sat on my couch. All I had to do was ask. Next he said, "You see my son, when you ask I’ve promised that you'll receive!" That's right if YOU ASK for God and creator says YOU RECEIVE! I'm sorry. Need proof!!

Matthew7:7-8
"7Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 8For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.

Matthew 21:21-22
21Jesus replied, "I tell you the truth, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only can you do what was done to the fig tree, but also you can say to this mountain, 'Go, throw yourself into the sea,' and it will be done. 22If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer."

John 16:23 -24
"23In that day you will no longer ask me anything. I tell you the truth, my Father will give you whatever you ask in my name. 24Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, and your joy will be complete."

James 1:5-6
"5If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. 6But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind."

Is that good enough? You want to know why I am where I’m at? Cause somewhere along the way God showed me that I needed to ask what his heart desired. So many times as believers we think that God won't give us what we ask for! I say this, When you surrender your life to God, you only ask for his blessings. How would a good Christian woman who draws you closer to the father not a blessing. How do you get over drugs, drinking, sex, bad finances....YOU ASK GOD TO TAKE THEM FROM YOUR LIFE. See here is the thing I’m relearning as I walk with the father, we have the free will to surrender our free will! Sounds crazy, but it could quite possibly be the best thing you ever do. Another thing is this, when you surrender your will to the father, he will give you blessings that far exceed anything that you could ever institute!

But what does surrender have to do with asking or receiving. In God's kingdom....IT HAS EVERYTHING TO DO. See I’ve heard it time and time again that "God is not vending machine!" but can I change the thoughts on this? If a fully surrendered man to God asked God for anything, why wouldn't God give it to him? If you read the first verse I gave you in Matthew (7:7-8) if you read farther it finishes this thought for me. '

9"Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? 10 Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? 11If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!" Matthew 7:9-11

you see? God wants us to have blessings, but sometimes we never get them because we never ask! Look again at the second verse above! (Matthew 21:21-22) If we ask of the father in faith, he will give....one more time for you....HE WILL GIVE!! This is huge, no? See what the Devil wants us to think is that we don't get earthly blessings....only blessings in heaven. This is a twist of the truth, now am I saying that God will make everyone wealthy, NO! I’m saying that God wants to bless us here on earth as well. Jesus prays the OUR FATHER and in it he says "Thy Kingdom Come Thy Will Be Done, ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN."

Bryan this isn't true, you say? Let me give you a few personal examples! First, this note is one! I asked to write something to Glorify his name, and this flowed out of me! Second, I asked that God would give me a plan and purpose to this life even when I wasn't worthy. I can tell you brothers and sisters, that he has given me. Lastly, I ask to simply find a woman of Christ's love that pushes and spurs me toward God's love more and more. God brought more than one, but he did bring me a special one, the wait may have been long, but he has fulfilled his answer as well!

I don't care if you don't feel worthy, don't know how it all works, don't know what it looks like, and can’t imagine ever getting anything from the father. Do you not know that the faith to simply say, “God I know you have a plan for me, one that far exceeds my understanding, one that I may not know now, but I promise to rest in your plan and love if you assure I have that I have all of that." well when God's word is a lamp unto your feet, and a light unto your path, you should know that a plan has been assured for you. God even says that he knew your plan before he created you! So I ask of anyone tonight who doubts, anyone who is not sure if Jesus has a plan, anyone who wants the assurance of not just life eternal but a great life on this earth.... I simply ask that right where you are, after you read this, doesn't matter where you are, cry out to him. Lay into the Spirit of the Lord and ask him to make its presence know in your heart!

God I ASK that this reaches the hearts of the righteous, the hearts of the deceived, and the hearts of the lost and draws them nearer to your love, mercy, and your grace! I thank you Jesus for the assurance that this prayer has already been answered for me!

Walking in his ways,
Bryan