I want, I want, I want? I wrote a post called, "I Want, I Want, I Want... Sound Selfish?"
I wrote that post for the purpose of putting the words out there. Speaking my desires and having faith in God to provide them. I know that we are not guaranteed that God will fulfil our every whim. I know that He isn't a genie in a bottle.
BUT I also know that God wants to bless His children. I also know that obedience is directly linked to blessing. I also know that we "have not because we ask not." I also know that when you live a life of obedience and a life full of faith, you please Him.
So, I put it out there... and He responded. I wast tempted to delete it. I didn't want my motives judged by my readers. I didn't want people to only look at the words and not know the life that I live. But, I left it. I left it because I care more about what God wants. I knew that according to God's Word, our words have power.
Like I said, He responded. After waiting 7 months in the farm house, a temporary place, God has provided exactly what I asked for in faith. Exactly. We have found a place to live. It is not temporary. This place has more space than we even need for our family of 4. It has everything that I listed and then some!
Praise the LORD! We will be moving again (3 times in 2 school years) in just a few weeks.
I am so thankful that God cares. He listens when we ask. He responds when we unlock the door with the obedience key. (The Blessing of an Obedient Life)
Matthew 7:11 (NLT)
So if you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good gifts to those who ask him.
Deuteronomy 28:2
And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, if you obey the voice of the LORD your God
James 4:2
You lust and do not have; so you commit murder. You are envious and cannot obtain; so you fight and quarrel. You do not have because you do not ask.
Proverbs 18:21
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its fruit.
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