Everyone who asks receives . . . —Luke 11:10
I hate to ask for directions. I think it is mostly a man thing. Women don’t seem to be afflicted with this malady. I don’t like to ask for directions because to ask is to admit I am lost. A man should never be lost. He should always know where he is.
I think to some extent OC agrees: “There is nothing more difficult than asking. We will have yearnings and desires for certain things, and even suffer as a result of their going unfulfilled, but not until we are at the limit of desperation will we ask.
“Everyone who asks receives . . . .” This does not mean that you will not get if you do not ask, but it means that until you come to the point of asking, you will not receive from God (seeMatthew 5:45 ). To be able to receive means that you have to come into the relationship of a child of God, and then you comprehend and appreciate mentally, morally, and with spiritual understanding, that these things come from God.
Heavenly Father, all good things come from you. I pray for this Kairos weekend ahead. I ask you to be present and to draw everyone participating into a life abiding in you. I look forward to the miracle of seeing you work.
I am blessed to be able to see you move.
Nick
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