BELIEVE THAT YE RECEIVE

Today’s Text: Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them. (Mark 11:24)

Today’s Thoughts: When we ask God for things, He wants us to have enough faith in Him to believe that He will grant our requests. He wants us to believe that we already have the things we asked for. It’s kind of like when we ask someone to do something for us, and we know that because of who that person is, once we have asked, the task is as good as done. God wants us to have that kind of faith in Him. A faith that says, “I’ve asked – I’ll receive.”

Today’s Testimony: My step-dad was once asked to fill in for his brother, who is a pastor, and do a Bible-study with a young couple from my church. They had a little daughter of about 2, and seeing my mom was busy, I went with to baby-sit during the Bible-study.
We went into her room and I read her Bible stories from a children’s Bible story book. She really enjoyed that, but there was something else that she wanted to do too. She wanted to jump on the bed. She stood up and started jumping on the bed, and not knowing whether that was normally allowed, I got her to sit down again.
A while later she made another attempt. She got up; jumped; and hit her head on the wall, all before I could stop her. She then burst into tears, and I carried her to her mom.
Her parents knew what had happened; she’d obviously done it before. Her mom came over; kissed her head; and said, “Shall we pray for it?” She answered, “Yes.” The tears stopped right there and then. Her head was obviously still sore, but it was as though in child-like faith she thought, “We’ll pray – all is well.”
I want that child-like faith too. A faith that says, “I’ll pray – all will be well, God will intervene.”

Today’s Task: Next time you take a petition to the Lord, believe that you are already going to receive it. Maybe you have already taken a request to the Lord; I encourage you to do the same. God loves us, and unless He knows that it is better not to grant our requests, He will give us what we ask for. We simply need to believe that He can provide for our every need, and then trust His wisdom to only do what’s best for us.

Today’s Thanks: Lord I thank You that You love us so much. I thank You that You care about each one of us and long to bless us with the things we ask for. I also thank You that You know what’s best for us, and will save us from receiving things that would harm us, or not be best for us. Lord please give us a child-like faith. Help us to believe that You have granted our petitions, as soon as we ask, in the way that You know best. You are good Lord – always good, and only good! Amen.