I John 5:14 - 15: "This is the confidence we have in approaching the Son of God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us - whatever we ask - we know that we have what we asked of him."
As long as the Lord is hearing us, we can know that He's giving us the things we've asked of Him. Period. There's no spiritual hocus-pocus or Christianese voodoo we have to perform. No amount of whining or begging or pleading. God has ears. And as long as He does, He hears His children. And as long as He hears His children, He is providing the requests they put before Him.
The question is whether or not we can wait on Him while He does the things that we ask of Him.
I was a very confident child. If I marched up to my father and asked him for something, I didn't think once that he wouldn't give it to me. And, if it were a reasonable desire, for the most part, I received the thing that I had requested.
However, if I grew impatient and whined about how long it was taking for me to receive the thing I asked for, then guess what? I usually didn't get it. At least not until I'd received a good reminder of who was Father and who was not.
I'm speaking mostly to myself when I say that we seriously need to get with the program. These concepts are very elementary - literally. These are lessons I learned in grade school, yet I still find myself whining and complaining to a Father who is infinitely more good and has infinitely more resources than my earthy father.
How I can doubt for one moment that He is not making a way for me even now?
Forgive us, Jesus. Teach us how to wait on You.
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