A Generous God

For everyone who asks, receives; and the one who seeks, finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

7 “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks, receives; and the one who seeks, finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. 9 Which one of you would hand his son a stone when he asks for a loaf of bread,[a] 10 or a snake when he asks for a fish? 11 If you then, who are wicked, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good things to those who ask him.12 [b]“Do to others whatever you would have them do to you. This is the law and the prophets.-Matthew7:7-12

Why, then, are some people suffering, in pain and in sorrow? Many asked, many sought, many knocked, but God seems to be not hearing anything at all. God always grants a request especially from a person with a sincere, humble and contrite heart. Isn't it a daily miracle that we can still wake up and go to work? God sometimes grants a request after a certain period has passed. Is it delay? No, more like making things happen at the right time and place. And, if God never granted a request, it only means He has something much bigger and better to give. Jesus is inviting us all to never stop praying, and to always always ask from a generous God.

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