If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give what is good to those who ask Him!

 Abundance:

            Father gives good to those who ask:  

Matthew 7:11

11 “If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give what is good to those who ask Him!

 

            How dare we think that God will give bad things to us! Those of us who have children … would we give bad gifts to our children? How much more will He give good gifts to us? He is incapable of giving bad ones. Notice that it also says to those who ask Him. Have we asked Him for everything that we need? How about for everything we want?

            Perhaps there is something that you need, but don’t want to bother Him with it. Sometimes as parents we get so involved with situations that we’re in that we either verbally or through our actions give our children the impression that we don’t want to be bothered with their problems. God is not that way. We won’t bother Him by asking. I tell my students during a test they are free to come up and ask me a question, and that the worst I will say to them is, “Sorry. That’s something you’re supposed to know.” God is the same way. The worst He is going to say is, “Sorry. That’s not for you.” Or, “That’s something you’re supposed to believe for.” James says we have not because we do not ask or we ask with wrong motives.

            So, go ahead and ask Him.

 

If you could hear God speak, I believe this is what He would say:

            "My children, do you really think that I would give you something bad if you asked Me for something you needed? You wouldn’t do that to your children, would you? How could I not give only good things to My children whom I dearly love. You are expecting too little from Me. I don’t give just enough to get by on. I give an abundance so that you may give to others for Me. I cannot do what you will not let Me do. You have to ask and believe that I will give you what you need. I will never fail to meet you needs as long as you listen to Me when I tell you to give to others. I cannot help some people without you. They will not believe Me to help them because they have been taught that I don’t help My children … that they have to do it all by themselves. Trust in Me to meet your needs, and I will bless you so richly that you will not know what to do with the excess. Don’t worry. I will show you what to do with it.”

 

            55. Our earthly fathers were concerned about us and wanted to only give good things to us. Even more so is My Heavenly Father concerned about my needs. He will give good things to me when I ask Him.