Sat, Jan 28th - 9:38AM

Do we believe

I was thinking about the Lord and I thought, "He's the best!" He's really THE best and we know that, but often times we settle for 2nd, 3rd or no best.

If God is God and the Word is the Word, then His Word is True. He said, "Ask and you shall receive, that your joy may be full." Either we believe that if we "ask we shall receive", or even if we just say it with our mouth in hopes that He'll hear us, that's good enough. Even if our faith is like that grain of mustard seed.

Sometimes we think receiving from God or hearing from God is harder than it is. But we don't really realize how easy the Lord has made it for us. We can't see that the "combination lock" is easy to open...if we Ask Him and if it's not against His spiritual laws.

I actually experienced this once. I desperately needed to get something out of storage, but I couldn't remember the combination to the lock & had no way to call my husband. I walked off all discouraged, but then the Lord said, "Why don't you try it anyway?" It sounded silly, but God had done crazy things for me before. So I tried it, "Turn left, right then left", to my amazement it went "Click!" and opened! We can believe His Word: "With God all things are possible." because it's the truth.

A real simple prayer I pray that I know is God's will: "Lord, please guide my thoughts." If I'm not speeding around, but taking time to hear from Him, even in the middle of madness, He can get through to me. Not because I'm some spiritual giant, but because He promised, "Ask and you shall receive..."