In a rather emotional exchange this week, one person opened up to me about how hurt they had been by a promise of support from a family member for a particular financial situation. When the time came for the money, the benefactor said something to the effect that “well, you just have to ask me for it.”
As small as that may seem, it speaks to the most vulnerable part of us. It says to us that the other person is superior and that we are needy and they are not. It’s actually the height of pride n one sense but the effect can be devastating on the one in the position of need.
The glorious truth about our Lord is that He promises to give us abundant gifts whenever we need them and the only purpose in asking is so that we affirm our confidence in His care for us, not that we somehow earn that blessing.
Scripture is full of exhortations to ask the Lord about everything in detail. The result is not just the provision that comes, but the relationship that is built. That’s the difference between and asking God who loves us unconditionally and asking others who love us when we do what they want.
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