Surely

September 19

Our hearts long after God. We yearn to know the depth of His love for us and the extent of His power employed in our behalf. We strive for Him the way we have striven for the love of our earthly fathers. To the extent that we have felt loved by the men who raised us, to that extent we can know God’s love.

If we have felt the love of our fathers, we will readily receive God’s love. If we have felt disappointed in our desire to feel our fathers’ love, we will be disappointed in our longing to feel the love of God our Father. Though we yearn and hunger to know His love, our ability to feel Him will be thwarted in some measure by our human experience.

Yet, this is not the way the Lord intends it to be. He wants all of us to know Him in the fullness of His love for us. He wants all of us to employ the power of prayer that leads us to quickened spirits and fulfilled lives. Jesus gives us a promise in Mark 11:24 that is most precious and uplifting.

Here He says, “I tell you, all the things you pray for, believe that you have received them and you will have them.” This speaks of the love of a Father who desires to fulfill the deepest longings of His children. Surely, all His perfect gifts are lovingly extended to those who hunger for Him—especially for the intimacy of relationship with Him.