Devotionals
Hit and Miss
Focus: James 4:3
“You ask and do not receive because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your pleasures.”
God is not a “Sugar Daddy” that we should only call on when we want something for pleasure or entertainment. Something we want to please our flesh. When we seek God for spiritual things, He provides the physical things. Often when we pray and seek God for things we want from Him and wither don’t get an answer or the answer is no; we become angry or sullen like a petulant child, because we believe He “owes” us. We could never be more wrong. God blesses us out of His grace, love and mercy, not out of obligation.
The Lord has already promised to never leave us or forsake us. And has promised to provide everything we need. Maybe we may see some of our desires as needs. But if we stop and really think about what we “need” as opposed to what we “think” we need, we will discover there is a vast difference. Why is it that so many people live without many of the things the Lord blessedly provides for us and are thankful and yet when we lose or have to do without any of those things we cannot find it in our selves to be thankful for what we do have. Instead, we complain and whine and grumble about our “difficult circumstances”.
We should remember God’s goodness to us and the evidence He has provided in our lives at all times. And pray to Him to give us a spirit of prayer and praise. We also need to fast and give our tithes and offerings. This is the obedient spirit that will motivate God to move on our behalf!
So lets hit and not miss the mark and live more blessed and thankful lives.
Amen and God bless.
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