Davotional Guide -- March 14

Thursday, March 14, 2019
The Seekers: God and Man

“Ask and it will be given you, seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you…. What father among you, if his son asks for a fish will instead of a fish give him a serpent…? If you then, who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!” Luke 11:9, 11, 13

Many years ago, our first daughter entered the university. We lived in the same city; there seemed no need for her to live in a dorm, so she stayed home with us and commuted to her classes and extra-curricular activities every day. Her father and I noticed that she was spending more and more time going to and fro, and we asked her one day if she would like to move to the dorm.

I still remember the shocked look on her face. Moving to the dorm was expensive, and she hadn’t thought it would be a possibility. She wanted to go so badly, but she had not wanted to ask such a huge thing. We talked about it. She moved.

I wonder if that is not somewhat how it is with God and us. He has a wonderful gift to give us – the constant presence of his Holy Spirit – but we think it is too great a gift to ask for, so we don’t ask. How slow we are to learn that he loves us and wants to give us everything we need to live a life of victory and joy in our fellowship with him. Yes, this gift cost him dearly, but he still longs to give it.

Prayer: Father, we need your Holy Spirit. Grant us his presence every day, all the day, so that we have the resource to live. Amen.

“I am the resurrection and the life.” John 11:25
Lenten Devotional Guide
prepared for Homosassa United Methodist Church, Spring 2009
by Patience Nave, Christian Education Director