John 14:13
And whatever you shall ask in my name that will I do that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
Did you know that God wants to bless you? He really wants to give you of the good things that he earth has to offer. He want you be be healthy, happy and living in His abundance. The Bible tells us that the earth He has given to the children of men. (Ps. 115:16) I can hear your wheels turning now as you try to figure out why you don’t have your part. “Oh! you say that may be true, but you know not all of the children of men are Christians and they hold most of the earth.”
There are two glaring flaws with that type of mentality. First, it goes against the scripture. The Bible says that the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just. (Prov. 13:22) So it was with the promised land. It was being held by the heathen until the Children of Israel came to claim it. The second is that God is good and gives the good things to His children. Do you think that the devil will do more for his people than God will for His? I think not. God is a good God and delights in giving good things to His children. Just as a good earthly father loves to give good things to his children, so too is our perfect heavenly Father.
The truth of the matter is that when we pray and ask in Jesus’ name, the Bible says that it gives God glory. Think about that for a minute. Jesus said to ask anything in His name and He will do it so that His Father may be glorified. Do you want to glorify God? Sure you do, so start asking for things, whatever you need, God can afford it. After all, He says that He has all the gold and the silver. So, give God glory by asking for great things in Jesus’ name.