By Robin Sam
OUR Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ said, “For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks find, and to him who knocks, it will be opened” (Mathew 7:8).
HOW TO RECEIVE FROM GOD: The secret of receiving from God is in asking God. To receive, one ought to ask is what the Scriptures teach us. Likewise, to find something, we need to seek it. To get a door bolted from the inside opened for us, knocking is the key. Have you asked something of God? I praise God if you have asked and received. He is a God who delights in giving to His children. Unlike Herod, who was ‘exceeding sorry’ to give what he had promised (Mark 6:26), our God gives to all those who ask. And He gives liberally and without reproach (James 1:5).
If you have not received what you have asked for, perhaps it’s not God’s time yet. And when His time comes, He will not tarry a moment longer than it takes. One reason why we don’t receive is we have a faith problem. “…let him ask in faith, with no doubting” (James 1:6). A double-minded man, who is unstable in all his ways, will not receive anything from the Lord. The second reason why we do not receive what we ask for is because we ask amiss (James 4:3). Asking amiss is asking with a wrong motive, “that you may spend it on your pleasures”.
HOW TO RECEIVE MUCH FROM GOD: The Bible also lets us into the secret of how much we can receive from God. In other words, God tells us that we can determine the quantum of what we receive from Him. Yes, how much we receive from God is determined by how much we give to God, says the Bible. “Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you” (Luke 6:38). Your sowing determines your reaping, says the Bible. “..he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully” (2 Corinthians 9:6).
It is my prayer that you will ask and receive from God. In the general economy, a giver is depleted, but in God’s economy the giver is enriched because of his giving. God loves a cheerful giver (2 Corinthians 9:7).
Thank you for supporting this ministry through your prayerful and sacrificial offerings and contributions. May God Himself bless you according to His promise: “And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, have an abundance for every good work” (2 Corinthians 9:8).
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