Letters #011: It's a Blank Cheque. What do you want?

Abba: Child, stop carrying such longing look about. I know you have something on your mind. Ask me for what you want.

Child: But Abba, I don’t know if I can ask you for this thing. I mean it’s not exactly “holy”. And I worry, what if my reasons are not pure? What if it does not happen? I don’t know, it seems too much and I don’t think I’m deserving of it.

Abba: Child, ask me for what you want. I will make the nations your inheritance. I will give you the ends of the earth as your possession.

Child: You will? Do you really mean it?

Abba: Yes, child. Everyone who asks me receives. The one who seeks, will find. The one who knocks, the door is opened for. Let me ask you this, if a child asks you for food, will you give him stone instead? Or will you give him a serpent?

Child: No way! I couldn’t do that to a child. That would be cruel.

Abba: Do you think I’m cruel, then?

Child: No, Abba. Not at all!

Abba: So what makes you think you can’t ask me for what you want, whatever it is? What makes you think I don’t want to give you good gifts too? What makes you think I don’t want to load you with goodies?

You should listen to David, he was right when he tagged me the “daily benefits loader”. I give gifts all day, every day. I’m a constant supplier.

The above conversation is my rendition of a couple of different verses in scripture. One of the things Abba has been teaching me to do is ask. You want something? Open your mouth and ask me.

This might be something trivial for you maybe, but for me, it is a big deal. I would discount myself sometimes from making requests because it seemed too audacious and I did not want to be disappointed if it doesn’t happen. Or the one that seems honourable but actually isn’t, I would discount myself from asking because I didn’t want to be “vain” or I was worried that my heart behind the ask, wasn’t exactly right so let me keep quiet. (Err, you’re doing yourself girl.)

So Abba is teaching me to simply ask. That’s it!

If I think my heart isn’t right or I’m not deserving of something, rather than disqualify myself, Abba invites me to come to Him as I am. One of my favourite discoveries of Abba’s nature is how He’s always extending an invitation to us and the invite is not about us belonging to particular strata. He simply invites us to come and when we come, we find that He’s prepared the choicest garments for us. This means whether our motives are pure or not, whether the ask is “spiritual” or “superficial”, take it to Him. Never pass on an opportunity to connect with Abba. Those desires and longings in your heart, what if you treat them as an opening to go deeper in your relationship with Abba? I strongly believe that’s what they are and all He needs is an invitation. He will show up and He will show out. Don’t lock them up. Don’t bottle them. Don’t talk yourself out of them. Meet with Abba and make your ask.

From one fellow child to another, I strongly want to encourage you right now to open your mouth and ask. You know that thing you’ve been desiring? Ask for it and ask as many times as you want. See every moment of your life, every heart cry and desire as an invitation to come before Abba and I want you to honour that invitation. He will take care of the rest.

Again, he says to you “Child, ask me for what you want. I will make the nations your inheritance. I will give you the ends of the earth as your possession.”

Ciao ciao fellow asker 😉

Yami ❤️

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