You have not because you ask not…

In Luke 11:9 Jesus says ask and it will be given, seek and we’ll find and knock and the door will be opened up to us…So what are we asking for?

Yesterday morning before I even rose from the bed I asked God for a person to tell about Him. Just please send someone to me to share about Jesus and allow me to see it as the opportunity it is. And then of course came the usual morning routine complete with where are my shoes, did I charge my iPod last night, rise and shine sleepy heads! I forgot I’d even asked for that cause truly I was still half asleep, just drifting…

The knock on the office door came around 10am, I didn’t hear it but was getting ready to leave for a bit so I opened the door and standing outside was a man I recognized but didn’t know. He was looking for a piece of equipment so in he came looked and didn’t find what he was looking for so I was quick to usher him to the door. Casually, and to honest I didn’t really care what the answer was, I asked how he was doing. His answer took me by surprise. “I suppose you heard I was robbed and stabbed last month, almost bled out but I’m okay now.” Not the answer I was expecting but it got my attention. He told me of the incident and how it happened in broad daylight in a heavily populated area but no one saw a thing. He issued the warning to be aware of my surroundings and to always be on guard. There were a few things that came to mind but the overwhelming still small voice said, “Here is your someone, now what will you do?”

“If the knife had been a 1/8” over and severed your artery do you know where you would have gone if you died?”

“You mean my body?”

"No, your soul."                                                                                                                                                                                

“I’d like to think I’d go to Heaven…I hope I would anyways.”

“Why do you think you would go to Heaven? Why would they let you in?”

“Well, when I was a little boy I asked Jesus to save me, I’ve not lived right and I haven’t been the man I should be. Do you think I’d go to Heaven?”

“I know it’s possible to be sure.”

“I can’t believe you asked me about this, you are the only person who has ever asked me this.”

“I prayed this morning for someone to share about Jesus with today and here you are.”

“Can I come in and talk for a few minutes?’

And so began the conversation that led to him into my office, straight to the foot of the cross and then walking out my office door with a new countenance and a bit of a spring in his step…yes, a slight limp still but he said he felt the weight of the world lifted off him. He met Jesus and my prayer was answered.

I’m so thankful I took the time to ask the question that I didn’t care to know the answer for at the time because I was “busy”. Makes me wonder how many times my prayers have almost been answered but I was so caught up with my own selfishness I missed it…

What have you prayed for today? How was it answered? Share the love…