FAITH CAPSULE: In life it is asking that will deliver answer.
Daniel 3
It is written, “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.” (Matthew 7:7-8) All of Jesus’ saying is alive to deliver with unfailing answer.
What is stopping you from asking from God? Can it be that you are asking from God in doubt? Man, with boldness and character in the word of God will know to ask from God and not doubt but receive from God. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego had the knowledge of God in His word which built boldness and character to ask with expectation. When three friends refused to serve gods or worship gold image they were marked with death but the word of God answered for them as garment of deliverance. Daniel 3:16-18 recorded, “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego answered and said to the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter. If that is the case, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver us from your hand, O king. But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we do not serve your gods, nor will we worship the gold image which you have set up.” Answer to the three friends was in their asking for God’s deliverance from death in the burning fiery fire. In life it is asking that will deliver answer. How are you asking from God in your time of challenges?
Trusting and hoping in God is asking from God with boldness and character. Are you asking wrongly? The bible makes us to realize the possibility to ask wrongly. James 4:3 stated, “You ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your pleasures.” Are you asking from God by seeking God for God’s glory to deliver you? Three friends asked by seeking God for His glory in their deliverance. God was glorified by showing with the three friends in the midst of fire. Nebuchadnezzar testified God’s power of salvation stating, “…I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire; and they are not hurt, and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.” (Daniel 3:25) Jesus meant it when He said, “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives…” Asking of three friends delivered them from sudden death in a burning fire as the unbeliever Nebuchadnezzar testified the glory of God.
Prayer for today: Ask God for the grace of seeking Him by asking from Him for His glory over your challenge.