3 February 2026

‘Ask and it will be given to you. Seek and you will find. Knock and the door will be opened to you.’ says Jesus. With that invitation, why should we hesitate to take our requests to God in prayer?

But is every request legitimate? I hesitated. One of our children applied for a job. The interview was in two parts and on two separate days. He got through the first and was one of only two taken onto the second stage.

‘Please God ...’ I could have prayed. Afterall, it was a great opportunity for him. Why shouldn’t I enlist the help of God to secure his appointment? Doesn’t God want the best for him?

I couldn’t do it. I just couldn’t pray for a successful outcome even though he was my son. When I tried to pray, I couldn’t help thinking about the other applicant’s parents. Were they praying for their son’s success too or were they like me, hesitating?

How could I burden God with such a dilemma? I couldn’t and didn’t. Instead, I prayed that the job would be given to the most appropriate applicant. As it happened, our son was successful. Of course, I had absolutely nothing to do with it. Did God?

It would have been easier to answer this question if I had actually prayed for this outcome. Then I might have been conceited enough to think my prayers were efficacious. Who knows what else I could get God to do?

Do you see how dangerous this spiritual life is becoming? But thank God, I can’t do that because I didn’t pray for it. And I cannot tell what God was doing or if he was doing anything at all?

Comments

  1. Andrew MarcusFebruary 3, 2026 at 3:43 PM

    I'm so happy to testify of the good work of Dr. Gazbolo I Suffer from Herpes virus since 2018 and i had frequent symptoms in my private area, after some time it will go away after using acyclovir drugs, then come back after some months. it was disheartening since i have been diagnosed, but after finding Dr. Gazbolo and his reviews i was convinced that he will definitely cure me and so i contacted and he told me how to get his medicine and using it for just 14 days and i will go and check up and first i said how can that be possible but i used his herbal medicine after making purchase and truly i used it and went for the test again, and my result came back negative. so i made it a task to share this good testimony in the internet so that those sick can benefit and get cured. Whatapps or

    call:+2348061922086

    Email: dr.omolaherbalhome@gmail.com

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

  4 November 2025 Two months before his death, Archbishop Oscar Romero   wrote in a Mexican newspaper, ‘ As a shepherd I am obliged by Divine Law to give my life for those I love, for the entire Salvadoran people, including those who threaten to assassinate me. If they should go as far as to carry out their threats, I want you to know that I now offer my blood to God for justice and the resurrection of El Salvador.’   A   death squad was ready. On 24 March 1980, the Archbishop was celebrating mass in a hospital chapel. He had just finished preaching his sermon.   He had come to the Liturgy of   the Sacrament. He picked up the bread, ‘ This is the body of Christ which is broken for you!’ he said. Suddenly, a   man with a pistol aimed his gun at Romero. A shot rang out.   The Archbishop fell down at the altar with the broken bread in his hands. The gunman ran off to a waiting car. People rushed to the Archbishop’s assistance but he was dead!...
Read more
  17 October 2025 I was making a purchase on the internet. The item was no longer in the shop. The shop-keeper had failed to remove it from the   internet but was able to source   another. I discovered it was coming by ship from New Zealand. I wondered whether to continue with the purchase? It turned out that the shop was in   Enniskillen, Northern Ireland. Somehow that made a difference. It had become part of our corporate history. I confirmed my willingness to   wait and said how we remembered the courage of the people at Enniskillen. She thanked   me for my encouraging words. I remember the town well. The bombing immediately came to mind. It was at the War Memorial on Remembrance Sunday 1987. An IRA bomb exploded killing 11 civilians and a policeman. 68 were injured. The IRA made a mistake. Their target was a parade of   soldiers marching to the war memorial. Among the dead was a young nurse Marie Wilson. She and her dad, Gordon, a local dra...
Read more
  23 October 2025 Sunday is going to be a day of reckoning. There are   seven crucial votes taking place in two corners of the Presbytery. The first   two are in the North Fife Cluster where I have been working as Facilitator. Balmerino and Wormit and Creich, Flisk and Kilmany are voting to unite. Balmerino and Wormit have already united. Once this union takes place, there is a third to negotiate with Newport.   Newport has a minister in post and so any union will be dependent on more than the agreement of the two Kirk Sessions. The second five votes are taking place in three congregations – Crail, Pittenweem and St. Ayle (Cellardyke and Anstruther). St. Ayle is already a union and it is voting to unite with neighbouring Pittenweem where I am Interim-moderator . If the union goes ahead, they will each be voting to link with Crail. The linked charge will be an appealing   prospect for a minister. It is a hugely attractive parish – four villages   se...
Read more