FAITH CAPSULE: Do not assume but ask from God.

Matthew 7

Word of God is precise to perform. God is the Creative creator that is true and cannot lie. Psalmist testified, “As for God, His way is perfect; the word of the Lord is proven; He is a shield to all who trust in Him.” (Psalm 18:30) Proverbs 30:8 stated, “Every word of God is pure; He is a shield to those who put their trust in Him.”  Word is authentic when He stated, “For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, and do not return there, but water the earth, and make it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower and bread to the eater, So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, but it shall accomplish what I please, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it. (Isaiah 55:11) Considering scriptural verses above, why is it so difficult for man to give self to the word of God?
Giving self to the word of God is certain to put silent over man’s challenging standstill.
Whatever challenging standstill with persistent in man’s life will always give up when man takes stand in the living word of God. Is it a challenge that shuts doors for your breakthrough? Unfailing prescribed prescription by the Eternal surgeon, the only One who reverses the irreversible is to: ASK. Asking without ceasing regardless of challenging standstill season is what Jesus prescribed for man. Matthew 7:7-8, recorded “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.   For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.” Have you been asking or assuming? Are you assuming to receive instead of asking to receive from God? Asking is different from assuming. Jesus knows exactly what He commanded Man to do and what man is doing. Asking is a demonstration of faith. Bartimaeus the blind man asked by crying out to get Jesus’ attention despite the thronging crowd. Bartimaeus could not assume for Jesus’ attention. Assuming for God’s attention instead of asking to get from God is same as thinking thanks instead of giving thanks to God. Jesus knows man’s challenging yet, He wants us to ask for what we want. Have you been asking, or with assumption you are making noise? Jesus prompted the blind Bartimaeus to ask by stating his need because he asked cried out for Jesus’ attention to receive. It is written, “So Jesus stood still and commanded him to be brought to Him. And when he had come near, He asked him, saying, “What do you want Me to do for you?” (Luke 18:40-41) What do you want Jesus to do for you?
Do not assume but ask from God and know to insist, persist and resist all that hinders man from receiving God’s attention.

Prayer for today: Ask God to fill you with the knowledge of His word.