Do You Know The God Of The Bible?
There are many who say that just because you ask God for something, it does not mean that He will give it to you. Quoting 1 John 5:14–15, the Bible says that “This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that He hears us –whatever we ask – we know that we have what we asked of Him”. In the scripture He said that we first have to ask according to His will before He hears and gives us what we ask of Him. The question for you today is do you know the God of the Bible?
Of course, we do not ask for things that are against God’s will or Word. But what is normally implied in the first statement is that we don’t always know what God’s will for us is—“what will be, will be”. If it is yours nothing you will ever do can change it. But didn’t Jesus say, “He who has seen Me has seen the Father”? (John 14:9) This means that if you want to know what the Father’s will, mind, heart or attitude toward you and your family is, just look at Jesus in the Gospels.
If you or your child is sick, is it God’s will to heal him? Well, let us look at Jesus and see how He ministered to children who were sick—the Syro-Phoenician’s daughter who was demon-possessed (Mark 7:24–30), Jairus’ daughter who was dead (Mark 5:22–24, 35–43), and the widow of Nain’s only son who had died and was about to be buried (Luke 7:12–15). Jesus cast out the demon. He raised the dead. He healed them all!
My beloved, don’t say, “It is impossible to know God’s will. Sometimes He heals, sometimes He doesn’t. The Lord gives and the Lord takes. He may bless us, but He may also take away our blessings for a season.” Really! Do you know the God of the Bible? The God of the Bible never made anyone sick nor did He make anyone poor. He made the little become much with 12 baskets full of leftovers (Matthew 14:20).
My beloved, the God of the Bible loves to heal, deliver, prosper and save people. This God is the same yesterday, today, and forever. He has never changed and will never change. To know the will of the father just observe closely how Jesus ministered to people in the Gospels.
