My
3 year old has been driving us insane this week! I know terrible 2's
are a thing and I've also heard that 3's can get worse, but he is being
so demanding and will not take no for an answer! However, every time he
opens his mouth, I wonder if God hopes for this kind of behavior from
us. Let me explain - I believe it takes great faith to have the
confidence to argue back with God over those things we are asking for.
I'm not talking about being blasphemous, I'm talking about that comfort
my son has with us as his parents where he feels secure in the fact that
we will take care of his needs.
Jesus
tells a parable of a man who asks his neighbor for bread in the middle
of the night. The man didn't want to get up, like I don't want to give
in to my son and his demands. But this man kept asking and asking his
neighbor until he had no choice but to get up out of his comfy bed and
give the man his bread. Today, my son kept insisting and insisting I
give him my iPad and I gave in (yes, yes, I need to work on my parenting
skills). But it strikes me that if my son were with someone else, would
he feel confident about repeatedly asking and asking for what he
wanted? Jesus wants us to feel this way when it comes to asking Our
Heavenly Father for things. He wants us to act out of this same place of
security in knowing we are children of God and can ask for whatever we
want, so keep asking. Keep asking and asking and asking until the Father
has to either answer your prayers or change your heart! Either way,
you still receive from Him what is best!
Today's Prayer:
God,
thank You for making us Your children. Thank You for inspiring in me
the confidence to ask of You whatever I want. I know that You will
listen and act according to my faith and according to what's best for
me. Either way I know you listen and will be there for me. In Jesus'
Name we pray, amen.
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