The big ask

Do you need something big?

Maybe it’s so big that it seems impossible?

Ask my God for it. I serve the God of the impossible. Even if you don’t know him very well yet, you can still ask him. He hears our prayers. I know it’s another thing that seems impossible, one being hearing all of our prayers, but he isn’t like us, only infinitely better, he is completely different, completely separate from us. When I say separate I don’t mean in distance, I mean that he is not created like all the rest of…well of creation. He had no beginning and has no end. He created everything that exists but is himself not a part of that creation. He is separate. There is a word for that separation, that othernessof God, the word is holy. God is holy.

The apostle Paul has this to say about him “now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever! Amen“

He isn’t a genie, we can’t demand anything from him, but we can ask him for everything. He will answer and his answers are always perfect, they are yes, no and not yet, or wait, I have something even better than what you’re asking for.

We have not, because we ask not. If we don’t ask why would he give us anything? We need to ask.

He will answer, in his infinite wisdom he will answer. In 4th grade I was having a bully problem. I asked for something that would level the playing field, literally level the ground and/or the school building, I asked for a bazooka, a powerful weapon. I didn’t get it. Not because God couldn’t provide a bazooka, but becauseGod in his wisdom knew I didn’t need a bazooka, I needed conflict resolution skills, courage and forgiveness. He gave me what I needed, not what I asked for.

So again, I say to my friends who read my posts, do you have an impossible need? Ask my God and see what he will do for you.

He sent us his very best gift already. He sent us his only son Jesus to suffer and die on the cross to pay for all of our sins. Then he conquered death by raising to life again 3 days later.

You can read more about that in Romans chapter 5:6-11. What would God withhold from us if he has already sent us his very best?

The big askAsk for the impossible and see what my God can do.