Tag: Keep asking

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Elon Musk Became the Judge

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Elon Musk is undoubtedly a genius. He is smart and has definiteness of purpose for his life. That is he knows his apex and is constantly working towards that. I recall sighting an article where his mum shared his IQ test score at age 17 on social media. In the article, he was asked to retake the test because his score was too high.

To talk about the time and energy he dedicates to Tesla and SpaceX, in one documentary he talked about working over 100 hours a week. Thus I don’t wonder why he is a billionaire as he lives above the average lifestyle.

I was thinking about whom I could compare Elon to in the Bible. I thought about it for many days and boom! I found one. An incident happened on twitter where a video game creator needed Elon’s approval to start a project he was working on. This guy (Lyubomir Vladimirov) tried for the first time and got no response. He tried again and again yet no response. I can understand because there are thousands of reply to his tweets and he only respond to those that catches his attention.

Vladimirov was determined to make this request for 365 days. None of his first 100 days tweets fetched him the response he needed but he kept going till his 154th day tweet. He was shamelessly persistent.

Vladimirov wrote:

“Dear Elon. I am a game developer and I am making a game about the colonization of Mars with you and SpaceX. If you think it’s cool, all I need is a ‘go ahead’ to use your name and logos. I will post this every day for a year or until I get a ‘yes’ or a ‘no’. 154/365”

Elon responded:

 “You can steal our name / logos and we probably won’t sue you,”

I see a replay of the story Jesus shared about the Judge and the widow who needed justice in Luke 18. The widow had an answer upon her persistent request for justice.

The reason why this demonstration is important is that Elon Musk became the richest man on earth and Vladimirov is no match in terms of wealth. He (Vladimirov) believed that if he could persist long enough (just as Jesus Christ talked about), he would have an answer to his request.

He didn’t see the 51.8million Elon’s followers as a limitation. I believe he thought about the thousands of replies that pop in minutes after his tweets but he went ahead anyway and believed that Elon would see his post. After 154 days he got what he wanted.

Everything Jesus Christ talked about is practical and real in our daily lives. If only we pay a little more attention to events happening around us, we would see them manifesting every day. And this is why it is critical that we take heed to them. Have you been persistent about a request for continuous 154 days?
Often we give up too soon and stop praying after 30 days or maximum 40 days. Sometimes we pray about it when we remember.

I trust this illustration will ginger your appetite to persist in prayer. Unlike Elon Musk, God is not restricted by time and space and He is ready to answer anyone who has Faith and wouldn’t give up asking.

Ask and keep on asking and it will be given to you; seek and keep on seeking and you will find; knock and keep on knocking and the door will be opened to you.

(Mathew 7:7, AMP)
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Your Life Will End Well

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“I am the Alpha and the Omega [the Beginning and the End],” says the Lord God, “Who is [existing forever] and Who was [continually existing in the past] and Who is to come, the Almighty [the Omnipotent, the Ruler of all].”

(Revelation 1:8, AMP)

Your life will end well. My reason? The One described in Revelation 1:8 is the architect of your life. He does all things and knows the end of all things. Fact is that every thing he does ends well.

Your temporal situation/environment shouldn’t define the end of your life. Think about Jacob: He left home at 40 years. His next 14 years would be something he had never experienced before: His wages were changed 10 times, he was deceived at honeymoon, among other things. That could have redefined his life but he persisted, believed in God, and there was divine intervention in the next 6 years. At 60 years, He was successful. 20 years wasn’t a joke considering how long year 2020 has been for most of us.

Today, I don’t know how your story is; whether blooming or scattering but I came to remind you that IT WILL END WELL. Keep Believing, Keep Hoping, and Keep Trusting in the Lord…For everyone who keeps on asking receives, and he who keeps on seeking finds, and to him who keeps on knocking, it will be opened.

Prayer: Father we thank you for today. The scripture says that anyone who hopes in you will never be put to shame. We trust in You and believe that everything you do ends well. We ask that at this moment, you change circumstances for our good and make all our plans succeed. We ask for speed in our processes so that what we thought had been delayed would swiftly come to pass. We demand massive transformation in our lives today Heavenly Father, please HELP US. In the end, all glory, honor, and power would return to You. In Jesus’ Name we pray. Amen.

Say This: My Life Will End Well.

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Unanswered Prayers? Read This (1.5min Read)

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Receiving answers to prayers is a strong desire for every child of God. I’ve been at the point where I almost gave up praying on some requests because I didn’t know what I was doing wrong. I read a lot about God’s timing but was it really about God’s timing? Even so, how do I know when the time was right? ” What does God want me to do?” I asked myself. Was it about unbelief? I didn’t think so. I wasn’t doing something right. I believed it was more about how I prayed or asked because Jesus had said “your Father knows exactly what you need even before you ask him”. This took me back to the scriptures to carefully learn about what I am about to share with you.

In Luke 18:1, “Jesus told his disciples a story to show that they should always pray and never give up”. This story was about a widow who needed justice from a judge. She went many times but was turned down. Her action (not the request) worried the judge that he granted the widow her request. It’s interesting that the request didn’t bother this judge as much as her constant showing up.
To end this story, Jesus said “Even he rendered a just decision in the end. So don’t you think God will surely give justice to his chosen people who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off?. The last question got me thinking. Does God keep us off sometimes? And why would he do that? I will answer that in later in the post.

One amazing thing I found in my quest was that before Jesus told his disciples this parable about prayer, He had already taught them How to pray in Luke 11. A good teacher knows how to be systematic in his approach. Interestingly He used another story to show them the secret about prayer. This time it was about you and your friend’s engagement at midnight. You had a need but your friend said (v7) “Don’t bother me…I can’t help you” because it’s midnight and the door is locked. Jesus said (v8) “though he won’t do it for friendship’s sake, if you keep knocking long enough, he will get up and give you whatever you need because of your shameless persistence”

In this story, I found a trace in what happened in Luke 18. The request or need didn’t bother your friend. And he didn’t care about your friendship either. What bothered him was your constant knocking.

Again I visited James 5:18 “Then when he prayed again, the sky send down rain and the earth began to yield it’s crops.” This verse is about Elijah when he prayed for rain. On the surface, one would assume that he just prayed and the rain came down but when you read 1 Kings 18:42-44, Elijah did more than one prayer session. He prayed once, the servant went and came back with no result. This repeated for Seven times. Elijah persisted and didn’t give up until he heard about the little cloud.

Finally, the story of the Gentile Woman who needed deliverance for her daughter came up for consideration. She had a need but Jesus gave her no reply, not even word. (Matthew 15:23). His disciples urged him to “Tell her to go away. She is bothering us with all her begging.” Then Jesus spoke out that He can’t help her because he “was sent only to help God’s lost sheep…”. This woman persisted and her persistence caused Jesus to alter what he had earlier said that “I was sent only to help God’s lost sheep”. She received the kind words from Jesus which I believe was the best she had during that season of her life. Jesus said ” Dear woman, your faith is great. Your request is granted.”

Why does God want us to (shamelessly) persist in prayer?

To Persist, according to Merriam-Webster, is to go on resolutely or stubbornly in spite of opposition, importunity, or warning. dictionary.com also defines it as to continue steadfastly or firmly in some state, purpose, course of action, or the like, especially in spite of opposition, remonstrance, etc.:

One lesson you can learn from the four characters; the widow, the friend, Elijah, and the gentile woman is that They had needs, they knew where to go, and they persisted. The neither changed their requests nor back down. The Judge wouldn’t mind the widow, the friend wouldn’t open the door, and Jesus wouldn’t talk. With Elijah, Heaven was silent. Yet they kept pushing and pushing till they got what they came for. They persisted because they knew that that was the ONLY PLACE they would get answers to their requests. If they had any other option, they would easily turn away.

In the same way, God (often) wants to SEE if you SEE Him as your ONLY SOURCE. He knows your heart and thoughts, and he knows when you ponder on other options to get your needs met (like cheating the system, compromising on your values, and even going against His Word (instructions). I’ve heard people said “God will understand me on this”. No! He won’t understand and He has never understood anyone who sought alternative source for Help.

When God is your Source, you don’t leave (or stop praying) till you have answers. You will go on resolutely or stubbornly, or steadfastly, or firmly in spite of His silence. His silence doesn’t mean denial because Jesus said in John 16:23 (ERV) that “my Father will give you anything you ask him for in my name.” God will do it for you but can you be resolute, stubborn, steadfast, and firm on your knees day and night? Can He see that you are serious about it? Can you give Him one more reason why you need that badly? Just ONE MORE prayer and your request is answered.
It’s remarkable that Jesus said “how many will he find on the earth who have faith?” He linked Persistence to Faith as seen in the story of the gentile woman “” Dear woman, your faith is great. Your request is granted.”

The simple clue I found in getting answers to my request is to PERSIST…JUST ONE MORE prayer or asking or seeking or knocking. Don’t give up praying because you haven’t received answers yet. It’s all about faith and seeing God as your only Source.

“So I say to you, ask and keep on asking, and it will be given to you; seek and keep on seeking, and you will find; knock and keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who keeps on asking [persistently], receives; and he who keeps on seeking [persistently], finds; and to him who keeps on knocking [persistently], the door will be opened.

(Luke 11:9-10, AMP)