Day 5

  

Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him. – 1 John 5:14-15

 

“There is nothing more difficult than to ask. We will long and desire and crave and suffer, but not until we are at the extreme limit will we ask. A sense of unreality makes us ask. Have you ever asked out of the depths of moral poverty? “If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God”, but be sure that you do lack wisdom. You cannot bring yourself up against Reality when you like. The next best thing to do if you are not spiritually real, is to ask God for the Holy Spirit on the word of Jesus Christ (see Luke 11:13). The Holy Spirit is the One Who makes real in you all that Jesus did for you.” – Oswald Chambers

 

Let us pray:

You invite us to come boldly to the throne of grace, and yet sometimes we do not bring ourselves to ask. We have known rejection, disappointment, pain, and abandonment. These waves of anguish make asking a very difficult thing.

Help us Lord to let go of these weights on our wings that we may soar in our asking. That we may soar in our submission and trust in you that you will take care of us and even receive our ask. Remind us of Your love. Remind us that You hear of us. Sometimes we don’t even believe You hear us which is another reason why we don’t bother asking. 

We let ourselves get so in the way. Free us. We need You. We love You. This is our cry today.

 

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