John 14 verses 13 and 14

Ok, so first of all wow it's been a while! Since I last posted we have moved out and made it to Disney! So after 11 days of straight disney we are finnally taking a break..... for a day.

So back when we thought we would never get moved out of our house I was prayed for by a good friend and brother in the Lord and he told me to read John 14 and that I needed to realize who I am in Christ. Those turned out to be timely words as I received several revelations in that chapter that have definitely helped me in our journey.

The first thing that jumped out at me was in verses 13 and 14. It made me a little leery at first as I have most often heard those verses quoted by those in what I would call name it and claim it crowd. The people that I have had run ins with in this crowd always seemed to me to be more interested in what they can get from God rather than how they can serve Him. And then I read it in the message version of the Bible and it all came together.

John 14:13-14 (New International Version)

^“13 And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. ¹⁴ You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it. “
This is the version I first read that made me nervous. Then I read.

John 14:13-14 (The Message)

From now on, whatever you request along the lines of who I am and what I am doing, I'll do it. That's how the Father will be seen for who he is in the Son. I mean it. Whatever you request in this way, I'll do.

Whatever you ask that lines up with who I am and what I am doing. That hit me like a ton of bricks, it’s not ask anything you want but rather if you are in line with God you can ask for anything that he would want for you and he will do it! I can’t tell you how much more confidence that gave me as I began to stand against the attacks of the enemy. I now know that I can petition daddy God to move the road blocks that I know are the devils work and He will do it.

I put this into immediate practice, over the next several days I started having pain in my hands that I had never had before, had to deal with the house vandalism plus getting us packed and out of the house just to name a few of the issues we faced. All of these were almost immediately resolved upon my knowing how to pray to my God. God is so good, he allows things to finally sink in that should have been realized years earlier. This is the first of the things that I learned in this chapter with more to come. Until next time may His love abound in your life today.