bless me, God!

to get things you have to ask. especially with God. sometimes, he wants you to ask him for things and not take him for granted. i've known this fact for a long time but to hear someone say it; it brings back the basics. i have a relationship with jesus, son of the living God. in a relationship, communication is a two way thing. the other person can't read your mind (except with God, he made us so he knows what our dreams and desires are but he wants us to ask) so we have to tell the other person what we want.

jabez prayed that God would bless him and keep him safe from harm and God did (1 chronicles 4:10 - jabez cried out to the God of Israel, "oh, that you would bless me and enlarge my territory! let your hand be with me, and keep me from harm so that i will be free from pain." and God granted his request.). such a simple prayer with simple words from a simple man. there's nothing God can't do. most of us keep him in this little box where we only clear the table and take him out whenever we're in a crisis. that shouldn't be. 'let your hand be with me' means that he wanted God's presence to be with him twentyfour seven. that should be what we strive for: letting God be with us all the time and not shut him out.