Ask!
We are free to ask our Father in Heaven for all sorts of things. And we should! This is where we start, asking for personal requests where we can see answers!
However, what could we ask that would be really significant - really, really significant!?
Solomon was told to "Ask! What shall I give you?" In First Kings 3.
And he asked well, for he asked for wisdom to take care of his people. And he received it!
Ahaz was told to ask in Isaiah 7, but he said, "I will not ask..." which wearied both the Lord God and Isaiah, too. This led to a prophecy of the virgin conceiving and bearing a Son, Jesus.
Then in Matthew 7, verses 7 and 8, Jesus promises that if we ask we will receive:
7 Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
8 For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.
In John 15, verses 7 and 8, Jesus said:
7 If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.
8 By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples.
In John 16, verses 23 and 24:
23 “And in that day you will ask Me nothing. Most assuredly, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in My name He will give you.
24 Until now you have asked nothing in My name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.
Hey, this is Jesus speaking here. Do you believe Him?
So I, Larry, asked Him, "What should I ask?" Wisdom, as Solomon asked for sounds good, not just for me, but for all believers. That could lead to revival! Wonderful!
But we can do even better than that, as good as it is!
Ask the LORD to pour out His Spirit on all flesh, as He said He would do in Acts 2 verse 17.
Note: He said 'all'. As they say, all means all.
Yes, join me in asking for a great outpouring of the Holy Spirit, On All Flesh!! Hallelujah!
Larry Carroll
