It is amazing how The Holy Spirit can teach us glorious divine truth through the simple things in our life experiences. God dispenses His blessings according to the riches of His grace, not according to the poverty of our faith. It is by grace and grace alone that we can even begin to receive anything from God. Yes Grace – God’s RACE
I remember an incident that happened a few years ago. My family and I went to Cracker Barrel to eat dinner. We were famished. You know how it is when you have skipped lunch and end up having a late dinner? You feel like your stomach is about to fall off and bite your knee caps on the way to the floor.
Cracker Barrel usually brings you the biscuits and the corn bread muffins out first. When our waitress brought the first round out, notice I said first round, we started gearing up to snatch biscuits and cornbread like each one would be loaded with one hundred dollars bills.
My oldest son at that time often thought he was the authority to his younger brother and sister.Â
As my wife started passing out the plates for our biscuits and cornbread, my daughter asked me could she have a biscuit and cornbread before her dinner? Before I could get YES or NO out of my mouth my oldest son sternly said, “NO! You cannot have both!”
I quickly turned to him and said, “I am the Daddy here, I determine what she can or cannot have, not you, plus she was talking to ME! NOT you!”
Then I turned to my daughter and said, “Yes, honey, you can have both.” Then The Holy Spirit started talking, and I got a message.
Nobody, and I mean nobody, can answer you for your Daddy. If you ask your Daddy for something, your brother and sister cannot determine if Daddy is going to give it to you!
If you ask Father God for something, your brother or sister in Christ cannot determine what Father God will say or how He will answer. If you have the faith to ask for and believe it, then no one can stop you from receiving it.
You know Cracker Barrel was not even about to run out of biscuits and cornbread. Do you not know your Daddy is not going to run out of resources either, and however big you ask does not make Him nervous? What do you have the faith to ask for? By all means ask Him, and don’t let someone answer you who isn’t your Daddy!
John 16: 23 – At that time you won’t need to ask me for anything. The truth is, you can go directly to the Father and ask him, and he will grant your request because you use my name.
John 16:24 – You haven’t done this before. Ask, using my name, and you will receive, and you will have abundant joy.
