Getting Answers!

“This is what I want you to do: Ask the Father for whatever is in keeping with the things I’ve revealed to you. Ask in my name, according to my will, and he’ll most certainly give it to you. Your joy will be a river overflowing its banks! John 16:23-24 MSG

Whichever you argue it, there is no doubt about the synergy and unity of the Trinity. Not everything I read/hear about God can be fully explained by my feeble mind. Today's extract challenges me to a different standard, a different life. It reveals the secret to walking with God, which is "total surrender to his will". Nothing else will work.

Our needs are varied and numerous, but God's purpose and power is bigger than these. It does not matter how complex the needs are; as long as you know and walk in line with God's desires, then you are made. The world's definition of success is never the same with God's, so you have got to decide whose standards you will be pursuing.

So, ask. Ask right, ask the right person and ask the right questions. See Paul - he had a need and asked for relief. His answer may not have been what he precisely asked for, but what he got was exactly what he needed. Too many times, we think we know best, only for us to realise much later just how ignorant we really were. Joy isn't so much about having all you want, but knowing the God who has all you need and who can give you as he pleases. Joy doesn't come from physical circumstances, but from the state of my heart and the One who controls affairs. Who's in charge?