Inspired by . . . ask
Inspired by . . . ask
Cedar Wax Wings {Bombycilla cedrorum} are one of my favorite birds. They winter in Texas {and most other southern states} but I've only had the pleasure of seeing them 3x in the last seven years. Both times were during the spring when {I assume} they are on their way back to their summer mating grounds in Canada.
The 2nd time I saw them was about a month ago. I was drawn to my window one afternoon by their distinct trilling sounds. They almost always travel in large flocks and this was no exception. They swooped in, filling the top of one of our oak trees. We have no berry trees on our property {something I intend to rectify} so they were certainly just passing through. I didn't even bother to go for my camera. I knew my little Kodak point-and-shoot would never capture them. Oh, how I wished my new camera had arrived!
It was a hope of my heart, not a formal prayer per se, but still a prayer, that I could one day capture these beautiful birds to share with you all.
A couple of weeks later my new camera did arrive, and if you've been here before you might know that – I'm thrilled with it!
A few days later I was sitting on my front porch . . .
. . . you'll never guess what flew in. There were only a couple of them. Very unusual. I almost didn't believe my eyes.
It was so like the Giver of all good gifts. So like our God to bless me in this way.
"Ask, and you will receive. Search, and you will find. Knock, and the door will be opened for you.
Everyone who asks will receive. The one who searches will find, and for the one who knocks, the door will be opened.
"If your child asks you for bread, would any of you give him a stone?
Or if your child asks for a fish, would you give him a snake?
Even though you're evil, you know how to give good gifts to your children.
So how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask Him?
Matt 7:7-11
I read something recently from Alistair Begg:
"It's helpful to remember that prayer is not overcoming God's reluctance to answer our requests, but laying hold of God's willingness."
Is there something you need from God? Are you waiting on Him to accomplish something in your life?
How important is it to you? Maybe you need to show God you're serious. Or maybe there is something you need to sacrifice first.
FAST
Has God asked something of you? Maybe there is something you need to do for Him first.
OBEY
Is there unrepentant sin in your life? Maybe you need to kneel at the alter.
REPENT
"Who do you say that I am?"
Do you have faith that God will do what He says He will do?
BELIEVE
Or maybe, just maybe, all you need to do is:
ASK
"Whether we like it or not, asking is the rule of the kingdom.
If you may have everything by asking in His Name, or nothing
without asking, I beg you to see how absolutely vital
prayer is." ~ Charles Spurgeon
Blessings,
Sharing inspiration here:
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