Bible
Study: Esther 14, 1 to 14. Matthew 7, 7
to 12).
Jesus says
to us in today’s Gospel passage, “If you who are evil, know how to give good
gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give
good things to those who ask him.” God is OUR FATHER and the most essential
property of a father is love for his children.
Knowing we
are praying to a Father who LOVES us should give us confidence to ask, to seek
and knock. Esther knew this and that was why she called to God prostrating
herself on the ground from morning till night. She asked for God to grant her
favour in the presence of the king against man who was making plans to destroy
her entire nation. And we all know how God answered her prayer.
There is a
difference between asking and complaining. While asking is done with a disposition
of love towards God, complaining is telling God how unjust he is for allowing so
and so happen. To complain is to express bitterness about one’s situation hoping
that things would remain the same or even go from bad to worse. To complain is
to be out rightly pessimistic.
The moment
we stop believing that God is capable of solving our problems, we become bitter
like the people of Israel who despite seeing the mighty hand of God in the
plagues, despite seeing how he divided the red sea in two could still complain
against Moses in the desert because of food. That bitterness towards God is
dangerous and deadly.
Asking,
knocking and finding demands CONFIDENCE in God as a loving father who is more
than capable of giving us something better than what we are asking for.
Let us
Pray:
Lord
Jesus, give me the grace to always have a positive disposition whenever I come
before you in prayers remembering always that you love me. Amen.
God bless you. Good morning. Be Happy. Live Positive. Have Faith. It is
well with you.
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