FAITH CAPSULE: In asking, be exact when asking before God.

1 Samuel 1

When blind man Bartimaeus received information that Jesus was passing, he knew to cry out for his need. 
Luke 18:38-39 records, “And he cried out, saying, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” Then those who went before warned him that he should be quiet; but he cried out all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”
To know to ask, not to know about asking. 
Bartimaeus asked for mercy with the assumption that Jesus knew his problem. 
Jesus knows all problems, but He wants all to know for asking what is needed.
Do you know how to ask, or do you only know about asking? 
Jesus wants all to know and ask. 
Luke 11:9 states, “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.” 
Without a doubt, Jesus knows the needs of all but engages Him by asking for the demonstration of faith.
Bartimaeus made a noise of asking for mercy, and Jesus decided to remind him to ask, “Saying, what do you want Me to do for you?” He said, “Lord, that I may receive my sight.” (Luke 18:41) 
Making a noise without asking is not enough to gain the attention of God.
In asking, be specific and exact before God.
When are you going to start asking rather than making noise? 
Hannah could have died barren until she asked for a son from God instead of being quiet under the comfort of her husband. 
The husband of (Elkanah), Hannah, gave preferential treatment to make Hannah comfortable with her barren situation. 
However, on one miracle trip, she received her breakthrough when Peninnah (the second wife of Elkanah) provoked her. 
Hannah became provoked by Peninnah. “And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed to the LORD and wept in anguish. Then she made a vow and said, “O LORD of hosts, if You will indeed look on the affliction of Your maidservant and remember me, and not forget Your maidservant, but will give Your maidservant a male child, then I will give him to the LORD all the days of his life, and no razor shall come upon his head.” (1 Samuel 1:10-11)  
The bitter heart of Hannah urged her to ask for her needs before God.
All the while, Hannah was going to Shiloh with nothing to show off until she knew to ask, and her story changed from a barren woman to the mother of Samuel. 
Hannah testifies that she asked for Samuel from the Lord by the meaning of Samuel, “…Because I have asked for him from the LORD.”(1 Samuel 1:20)
Do you know how to ask, or do you only know about asking?
Bartimaeus and Hannah asked, and all should know to ask. 

Prayer for today: Ask God for your need, and also ask to be surrounded with songs of deliverance.