I was driving home in my town in New Jersey after an easy-paced run. Heading eastbound on Route 202, soon I could turn left into our street.
Uh oh! Up ahead there were many emergency vehicles with flashing lights. Looked like a serious accident had happened ahead. Traffic ahead of me was just crawling. And ahead of me, before my corner, was a police blockade. Everyone was forced to make a U-turn and head back to the west ! For a moment I almost panicked, but then I realized I could ask the police officer. I pointed to the street sign at my corner and said, “that is where I live.“ “Fine,” he said, letting me pass the blockade and turn into my street.
That incident makes me think of how, if you are a believer, you don’t have to talk God into stuff. If it is his will, he just says go ahead and ask.
Matthew 7:7 says “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.”
This verse applies to much more than turning into a street! It challenges me to be bolder when asking for stuff in prayer. The answer is not always a guaranteed yes , but I won’t be getting any yesses if I don’t bother to ask in the first place.
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