Insightful, Biblical Devotions
“Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. 15 And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him” (1 John 5:14-15).
We have the right to ask but ask according to the will of God. That’s what asking in His name is all about. You must ask in the will of God. If you ask anything in my name, that means I’m coming to Him on His merits and on His mediation with a clean heart, trusting Him, I’m coming and expecting Him to answer my prayers. What do I have the right to ask? We have the right to ask anything we choose to ask. That’s in keeping with God’s purpose and plan for our lives.
He said if you ask anything in my name, I will do it. The simplicity of it overwhelms us. Somehow if I can just take all the credit. We can’t take any credit. It’s the love and grace of God. It’s the generosity and kindness of God that I don’t understand except to experience it. That promise is to every single believer. The only thing I have to do is to ask in keeping with His will. Does that mean, you should not ask anything for yourself? No. It doesn’t mean that. It means that I have to sift what I’m asking for through the word of God. Lord, is this of you? And He will show you one of several ways whether it is or not.
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