Today's passage comes from Luke 11:5-13
5 And He said to them, “Which of you shall have a friend, and go to him at midnight and say to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves; 6 for a friend of mine has come to me on his journey, and I have nothing to set before him’; 7 and he will answer from within and say, ‘Do not trouble me; the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give to you’? 8 I say to you, though he will not rise and give to him because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence he will rise and give him as many as he needs.
9 “So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 10 For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. 11 If a son asks for bread from any father among you, will he give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent instead of a fish? 12 Or if he asks for an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? 13 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!”
I can only imagine what it must have been like to be one of the apostles or a bystander, hearing such wonderful and glorious promises. After all those years under the same mosaic law, waiting for the promise of the annointed one to come, here is a man healing the sick, raising the dead, performing all manners of wonder, and then promising all the things to come for those who love God. All Glory, Praise, and Honor be to the most Holy Spirit Now, Always, and Forever. How very blessed we are. And we have such a loving Father, Master of the universe, that cares for us, knowing what we need, all we need to do is ask like a child.
May we never forget how very much our Father loves us. Amen.
5 And He said to them, “Which of you shall have a friend, and go to him at midnight and say to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves; 6 for a friend of mine has come to me on his journey, and I have nothing to set before him’; 7 and he will answer from within and say, ‘Do not trouble me; the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give to you’? 8 I say to you, though he will not rise and give to him because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence he will rise and give him as many as he needs.
9 “So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 10 For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. 11 If a son asks for bread from any father among you, will he give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent instead of a fish? 12 Or if he asks for an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? 13 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!”
I can only imagine what it must have been like to be one of the apostles or a bystander, hearing such wonderful and glorious promises. After all those years under the same mosaic law, waiting for the promise of the annointed one to come, here is a man healing the sick, raising the dead, performing all manners of wonder, and then promising all the things to come for those who love God. All Glory, Praise, and Honor be to the most Holy Spirit Now, Always, and Forever. How very blessed we are. And we have such a loving Father, Master of the universe, that cares for us, knowing what we need, all we need to do is ask like a child.
May we never forget how very much our Father loves us. Amen.
