Luke 11:9 And I say unto
you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it
shall be opened unto you.
There
is a story before this verse that tells of a man that comes to a friend at MIDNIGHT
to ask for bread to feed another friend that has come to his house. The man in the house tells him no, but he
will not take no for an answer. He
continues to ask and knock until the man gets out of bed and gives him the
bread. Do we continue to pray for things
that we need or want when God does not answer IMMEDIATELY? Do we follow all three commands in this
verse to ask, seek, and knock, or do we just quit praying after one time?
Daniel 3:17 If it be so, our
God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he
will deliver us out of thine hand, O king.
Because
of what we read in Daniel chapters one and two, I believe Shadrach, Meshach, and
Abednego, knew how to pray and get answers from God. They did not start praying when they were
about to be thrown into the fiery furnace.
Too many times we start praying when a problem arises in our lives,
instead of praying when there are no problems in our lives. Are you the type of person that only prays
when there is a problem or do you talk to God everyday like He is your
friend? God will be WITH you in your
fiery furnace, if you are WITH Him in your everyday life.
Daniel 2:19 Then was the secret
revealed unto Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.
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