Post by MIRIAM JACOB on Jan 21, 2007 3:29:47 GMT -5
Ask, And It Shall Be Given You
We must receive, as well as ask.
We must take the place of believing
and recognize ourselves as in it.
A friend once said to me,
"I want to get into the will of God."
I answered: "Will you then
step into the will of God?
And now, are you in the will of God?
My question aroused in the man
a thought he had not considered.
He saw that he had been straining
after but not receiving the blessing
he sought. Jesus had said, Ask,
and ye shall receive (John 16:24).
The very strain keeps back the blessing.
The strong tension of all your spiritual
nature so binds you that you are not
open to the blessing which God is
waiting to give you.
Whosoever will, let him take the
water of life freely (Revelation 22:17).
He tells me there is cleansing
From every secret sin,
And a great and full salvation
To keep the heart within
And I take Him in His fullness,
With all His glorious grace,
For He says it is mine by taking,
And I take just what He says.
A. B. SIMPSON
www.sermonindex.net
We must receive, as well as ask.
We must take the place of believing
and recognize ourselves as in it.
A friend once said to me,
"I want to get into the will of God."
I answered: "Will you then
step into the will of God?
And now, are you in the will of God?
My question aroused in the man
a thought he had not considered.
He saw that he had been straining
after but not receiving the blessing
he sought. Jesus had said, Ask,
and ye shall receive (John 16:24).
The very strain keeps back the blessing.
The strong tension of all your spiritual
nature so binds you that you are not
open to the blessing which God is
waiting to give you.
Whosoever will, let him take the
water of life freely (Revelation 22:17).
He tells me there is cleansing
From every secret sin,
And a great and full salvation
To keep the heart within
And I take Him in His fullness,
With all His glorious grace,
For He says it is mine by taking,
And I take just what He says.
A. B. SIMPSON
www.sermonindex.net