Matthew 7:9 (NKJV) 9 Or what man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?
How many of us have asked God for something at some point in our lives? Everyone has. Right?
But how many of us were disappointed when we got something other than what we asked for? If we’re honest, most of us will admit to being disappointed.
But here’s the thing. If we ask for something that God knows won’t be good for us, would He be a good father if He just went ahead and gave it to us anyway?
You see, sometimes when we ask, God does answer with something different than what we asked for because He doesn’t want us to get hurt.
If our own child asked us for something that we knew would harm them, would we just give it to them for the sake of making them happy? We’d better not!
If we ask for bread, and we’re hoping for rye bread, God just might give us pumpernickel bread because He knows there’s something about rye bread that will harm us.
So if we’re praying and we get something less than or different than what we prayed for, we need to thank Him for it! And we need to be grateful that He takes our well-being into consideration.
Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808
401-315-0902
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