The Promises of God: Ask, and Ye Shall Receive
30 April 2025 · 1 min read · Prayer · Verse Collections
Scripture's prayer promises are almost alarmingly large: ask, and it shall be given you; call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not; whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do.
Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.
The conditions that shape the promise
The promises come with tuning conditions — not fine print but wavelength: in my name (consistent with Christ's character and cause), according to his will (if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us), abiding (if ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will), and believing.
The conditions do not shrink the promise; they aim it. Prayer is not a vending machine but a partnership — and partnered asking hits astonishing targets.
And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.
The confidence
This is the confidence that we have in him — confidence, not anxiety, is the intended climate of asking. And answers exceed requests: exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think is the standing overage clause.
Unanswered-looking prayers are usually one of three: not yet, not this (something better filed), or not alone (more asking-in-agreement invited). Keep asking. The promise-Maker keeps books, and no righteous asking is lost.
