Ask And You Shall Receive

March 27

Ask and you shall receive.

John 16:24  Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name:

ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.

There are the words of Jesus.

He addresses them to us this morning.

They suppose want, and inability to supply ourselves. They initiate that provision is made and may be obtained. They invite us to ask with confidence, assuring us we shall receive.

Jesus has a boundless fulness of blessings, and a loving tender heart to bestow them. He will supply all our needs. Let not want, then, lead you to despond, but look to Jesus; He has, He gives.

He tells you to ask and receive. Can any terms be more easy, more suitable, more encouraging than these?

But ask in faith, believing because Jesus has promised; ask with earnestness, as though you value the blessings; asked with importunity; go again and again, until you obtain them. Go to Jesus for all you want; make every thing a matter of prayer; in every thing, by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your request be made known unto God.

Doubt not, for His word is plan; He is full of compassion; He waits to be gracious; and He has thousands of witnesses to attest His faithfulness, veracity, and love. Look to the generations of old.

Did any ever seek the Lord in vain? NO: every one that asked receiveth.

My soul, ask what thou wilt,

Thou canst not be too bold;

Since his own blood for thee He spilt,

What else can He withhold?

James Smith