Today's encouragement comes from Mark 10:35 & 36, where we read these words:
“Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to [Jesus], saying, 'Teacher, we want You to do for us whatever we ask.' And He said to them, 'What do you want Me to do for you?’ “Even as true Christians, one of our biggest problems is that we just do not ask God for enough; and, worse than that, we do not request His greatest blessings—the ones that will bring us the most joy.
The Zebedee boys are never reproved by the blessed Messiah for their au-dacious words (above). Jesus was more than willing to hear them. Their peti-tion turned out to be a bit self-serving; and only later would they learn that to have the fullness of Christ in His gospel through the power and presence of the Holy Spirit was what they really wanted and needed.
[Puritan quote of the day: "Though God does not answer you immediately, yet He does hear you immediately.” —William Bridge, in, "A Lifting Up For the Downcast"]
[Puritan quote of the day: "Though God does not answer you immediately, yet He does hear you immediately.” —William Bridge, in, "A Lifting Up For the Downcast"]
