March 5, 2020
Thursday for the First Week of Lent
Readings for Today
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“Ask, and dem go give you; search, and you go find; knock, and dem go open the door for you…”
“How much more your Father for heaven go give good things to people wey ask Am.” Matthew 7:7, 11
Jesus make am very clear say when we ask, we go receive; when we search, we go find; and when we knock, dem go open the door for us. But na so e dey happen for your own life? Sometimes we fit ask, ask again, and beg, but e go be like say our prayer no get answer, at least no be the way we want make the answer come. So wetin Jesus mean when He talk say make we “ask…search…knock” and we go receive?
Wetin go help us understand this encouragement from our Lord na say, as the Scripture wey dey above talk, through our prayer, God go give “good things to people wey ask.” He no promise us everything wey we ask for; instead, He promise us wetin truly good, especially wetin good for our eternal salvation.
This one bring this question: “Then how I go pray, and wetin I go pray for?” As e suppose be, every prayer of intercession wey we pray suppose be for the Lord’s will to happen, nothing more and nothing less. Na only His will wey perfect.
To pray for that one fit hard pass wetin person first think. Too many times, we dey pray say “make dem do my will” instead of “make dem do Your will.” But if we fit trust, and trust deep inside our heart, say God’s will perfect and e dey give us all “good things,” then to seek His will, ask for am and knock for the door of His heart go bring plenty grace, as God want give am.
Today, think well about the way you dey pray. Try change your prayer so that you go dey seek the good things wey God want give you, instead of the many things wey you want make God give you. E fit hard at first to let go of your own ideas and your own will, but for the end, God go bless you with plenty good things.
Lord, I truly dey pray make Your will happen for everything. Wetin I want pass everything na to surrender to You and trust Your perfect plan. Help me, dear Lord, to let go of my own ideas and desires, and to always seek Your will. Jesus, na You I trust.
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