Ask, and It Shall Be Given You.
PRECIOUS words of love for God's people! To the tried, afflicted, and oppressed; to the poor and needy; to the homeless and wandering, and to sinners longing for pardon for sins, Jesus says, “Ask, and it shall be given you.” If we arise in the morning with a feeling that our strength is but weakness, and with a fear that we will not be able to resist the powers of darkness that must surround us through the day, how comforting, how cheering, the thought, I will go to my Saviour and ask for strength. And through the busy toils of the day, how oft the child of God says within his heart, I will go to my Heavenly Father, I will ask his favor, his guidance, that I may direct my affairs with discretion; that I may have wherewith to help in the Lord's cause, and to help the needy; I will ask that his love, his Holy Spirit, may dwell in my heart, that I may bear my trials with patience, and with meekness bear the scoff and scorn of the worldling. When the cares and duties of life gather thick and fast, I will seek my Heavenly Father's aid, that I may cheerfully bear and perform them. Oh, what consolation! what peace! what abiding love! dwells in the heart of that Christian who, midst the weary toils of this life, midst prosperity or adversity, midst joy or sorrow, can say, I will go to my Saviour; he hath said, “Ask, and it shall be given you.” So, when I am weak, when I am weary and long for rest, when lacking wisdom, in all my necessities, I will go to Him who is willing to give freely and more abundantly than we are able to ask.